Sundown

C. Scott

Silently the day

Her song over

Waits the coming grey

Dusk, her lover.

Amethyst and gold

Are the sun's gift,

Ere the nightwings fold

And the stars lift.

Silver and pearlpale,

The fading light

Mirrors a cloud veil

'Tween day and night.

Stilled is the earth fair

With quiet sod,

Communing in prayer

Blessed by her God.

Silently the day

Her song over

Meets the coming grey

Dusk, her lover.