has touched and spiritualised it. At even- 

 tide one feels the soul of Nature as at no 

 other hour. Her labours have ceased, her 

 birds are silent; she, too, rests, and in 

 ceasing to do for us she gives us herself. 

 One by one the silvery points of light 

 break out of the darkness overhead, and 

 the faithful stars look down on the little 

 earth they have watched over these count - 

 .less years. The very names they bear 

 recall the vanished races who waited for 

 their appearing and counted them friends. 

 Now that the lamps are lighted and the 

 work of the day is done, is it strange that 

 the venerable mother, whose lullabies have - 

 soothed so many generations into sleep, 

 should herself appeal to us in some intimate 

 and personal way ? 



With the fading out of shore and sea 

 and forest line something deeper and more 

 spiritual rises in the soul as the mists rise 

 on the lowlands and over the surface of 

 the waters. We surrender ourselves to it 

 silently, reverently, and a change no less 

 subtle and penetrating is wrought in us. 

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