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Sonnet. Datur Hora Quieti.

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The sun is slowly sinking in the West;     The plough lies idle, and the weary team,     Cool'd with the freshness of the shallow stream,     Over the meadows hasten to their rest;     The breeze is hush'd, and no more turns the mill,     With its light sails upon yon rising crest;     Its busy music now awhile is still,     And not a sound heaves up from Nature's breast;     The barks upon the river smoothly ride,     With sails all furl'd, and flags that listless fall,     Unrock'd, unshaken by the flowing tide;     The cattle lazy lie within the stall;     And thus the Time-stream on doth sweetly glide,     Bearing repose and slumber unto all.

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