22'2 FLORAL r.Mr.LEAIS. 



NIGHT. 



Co N V o LV V LU s M 1 >" o R . — Cofi voIvuIus Tricolor 



IS'ow sunk the sun ; the closing liour of day 

 Came onward, mantled o'er with sober gray ; 

 Nature in silence, bid the world repose." 



ParNc/L 



The hours of darkness are represented by 

 tliis bcUc-dc-jour, ^yhich closes its sparkling- 

 eyes at the close of day, as if to sleep through 

 tlie de^vy night, when 



"' All things arehush'd, as nature's self lay dead." 



'* I love thee, mournful, sober night I 



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I still enjoy thee — cheerless as thou art ; 

 For in thy quiet gloom the exhausted heart 

 Is calm, tho' wretched ; hopeless, yet resigned." 



Charlotte Smith. 



