NIGHT 



^^^ ^^^ fHE low sloping sun 

 '%^^^^^^M that, through the day, 

 played hide-and-seek 

 with large, loose 



clouds, njow settled 

 in a sea of flaming 

 colour. Spreading 

 from the rose and 

 amber of the lower 

 bars the light went 

 blazing outward in 

 little waves, while, resting motionless, 

 high above the parent cloud a tiny 

 group, like a flock of birds, were swept 

 with radiant gold. Soon the distant 

 crests of brilliant colour began to dim 

 to shades of old rose and gray as twi- 

 light came to close the shutters of the 

 day and set the vesper star a-twinkle. 



While the sun still hung above the 

 western rim, the homely sounds of the 

 countryside died down. Except for the 

 song sparrow's note, the fields were 

 silent, but in the Beech Woods the 

 music of two inspired songsters lent 

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