THE QUIET EVENING TIME,
r Jne loves to maik th«* setting sim Sink in the west, his diiv's woik done, yVitli srood to oil, with Inrm t° ijono-r In the quiet evening timePne loves to wafrh tlif* lessen in a: light, And mark the steps of coming nis»hr, While home ami lifr to him are Ui'ight — [n the quiet evening 1 tine. Ono lovns fo "sif in t\\o window chair, To bivntho tho ooolpr cvenino air, And dro.im of all things calni and fair — In the quiet evening time. ' One loves to think of rest nt last, To oonie :it longth, now ofiininc" ns^> When all life's toils and griefs are, past— In the quiet cyeuing time. One loves to summon well-loved fiiond^, Whose, memory w\\\\ liis heart-life bleiuls 8 , l?rom graves »t eavlh's'»eiaote§| ends — In the qqiet evening tiiue,. One loves to think how silent niuht (^ives place at length to morning light. When West and Ea-t'wiH all be bright— In the qt^et evening time. And oh t to think the grave's long night jSliafl t.ilce at lencth if« find! {\Uxht ; Thon Hnd!^^^ <i>l.Y, *-e,iana nmt b,ri<jhfc — ; In the quiet evening time.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 424, 30 November 1889, Page 8
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193THE QUIET EVENING TIME, Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 424, 30 November 1889, Page 8
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