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An Evening Thought.

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Bird of the fanciful plumage,     That foldest thy wings in the west,     Imbuing the shimmering ocean     With the hues of thy delicate breast,     Passing away into Dreamland,     To visions of heavenly rest!     Spirit! when thou art permitted     To bask in the sunset of life;     Serene in thine eventide splendour,     Thy countenance victory rife;     Leaving the world where thou'st triumphed     Alike o'er its greatness and strife:     Thine be the destiny, spirit,     To set like the sun in the west;     Folding thy wings of rare plumage,     Conscious of infinite rest,     Heralded on to thy haven,     The Fortunate Isles of the Blest.

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