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To me at least was never evening yet

But seemed far beautifuller than its day. ROBERT BROWNING-The Ring and the Book. Pompilia. L. 357.

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Hath thy heart within thee burned,
At evening's calm and holy hour?
S. G. BULFINCH-Meditation.

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It is the hour when from the boughs
The nightingale's high note is heard;
It is the hour when lovers' vows

Seem sweet in every whispered word;
And gentle winds, and waters near,
Make music to the lonely ear.
Each flower the dews have lightly wet,
And in the sky the stars are met,
And on the wave is deeper blue,
And on the leaf a browner hue,
And in the heaven that clear obscure,
So softly dark, and darkly pure.
Which follows the decline of day,
As twilight melts beneath the moon away.
BYRON-Parisina. St. 1.

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