9 The Nightingalegume 1869. [L. M.] TUNE- See Kingsley's S. Choir, vol. 1, p. 88. WHEN twilight's gray and pensive hour Shine in pale beauty from afar ; 2 When gathering shades the landscape veil, 3 At that calm hour, so still, so pale, 20 21 [C. M.] The Autumn Evening, June 10 ES9 TUNE-"Clarendon." 1 BEHOLD the western evening light! Phillips." 2 The winds breathe low, the withering leaf 3 How mildly on the wandering cloud, "T is like the memory left behind, When loved ones breathe their last. 4 And now, above the dews of night, So faith springs in the hearts of those 5 But soon the morning's happier light, And eyelids that are sealed in death, [10s & 11s.] PEABODY. och 185-8 TUNE-"Folsom." Star of the East. Nour 1 BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid; Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall; 23 5 It may be that the waft of love Some leaves on that pure tide hath driven, Hath floated down to us from heaven. 6 So shall thy wants and woes be healed, Invitation to Prayer. [11s & 10s.] TUNE-"Come ye disconsolate." 1 COME ye disconsolate, where'er you languish; Come, at the shrine of God, fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish ; "Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. 2 Joy of the comfortless, light of the straying, Hope when all others die, fadeless and pure; Here speaks the Comforter, in God's name saying, "Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.' ANON. 24 [C. M.] Aspiration for Heaven. TUNE-"Elliot," by Mehul. 1 THE bird let loose in eastern skies, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight. Nor shadows dim her way. |