End Of The Day

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2><SPAN name="THE_END_OF_THE_DAY" id="THE_END_OF_THE_DAY"></SPAN>THE END OF THE DAY</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="smcap">I hear</span> the bells at eventide<br/></span> <span class="i2">Peal slowly one by one,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Near and far off they break and glide,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Across the stream float faintly beautiful<br/></span> <span class="i4">The antiphonal bells of Hull;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The day is done, done, done,<br/></span> <span class="i4">The day is done.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The dew has gathered in the flowers,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Lake tears from some unconscious deep:<br/></span> <span class="i0">The swallows whirl around the towers,<br/></span> <span class="i4">The light runs out beyond the long cloud bars,<br/></span> <span class="i4">And leaves the single stars;<br/></span> <span class="i0">’Tis time for sleep, sleep, sleep,<br/></span> <span class="i4">’Tis time for sleep.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_55" id="page_55"></SPAN>{55}</span><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The hermit thrush begins again,&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Timorous eremite&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">That song of risen tears and pain,<br/></span> <span class="i4">As if the one he loved was far away:<br/></span> <span class="i4">‘Alas! another day&mdash;’<br/></span> <span class="i0">‘And now Good Night, Good Night,’<br/></span> <span class="i4">‘Good Night.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_56" id="page_56"></SPAN>{56}</span>’<br/></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />