Behold the western evening light!
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Behold the western evening light!It melts in deepening gloom;So calmly Christians sink away,Descending to the tomb.
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The winds breathe low, the yellow leafScarce whispers from the tree;So gently flows the parting breathWhen good men cease to be.
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How mildly on the wandering cloudThe sunset beam is cast!So sweet the memory left behindWhen loved ones breathe their last.
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And lo! above the dews of nightThe vesper star appears;So faith lights up the mourner's heart,Whose eyes are dim with tears.
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Night falls, but soon the morning lightIts glories shall restore;And thus the eyes that sleep in death,Shall wake to close no more.