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A Summer Evening.

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I.     The sun has sunk in the crimson west,         And "around the languid eyes of day"     The Twilight's dreamy shadows rest         And light and shade alternate play;     The winds are hushed, nor leaf nor flower     Is swayed with motion by their power. II.     The fireflies with meteor lamps         Arise from out the dewy lawn,     And there the elfin cricket chants         His vespers when the day is gone,     And far above, the sky's coquette     With all her starry train is met.

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