Poems (Taggart)/Summer Sunset

by Cynthia Taggart

SUMMER SUNSET.

When the Sun's rich rays at setting
 Played upon the azure fair;
Then my young heart secret whispered,
 "Eden's beauties linger here."

Happiness, the scene pervading,
 Offered me her downy hand;
Swift we sped, the beauty fading,
 When she raised her magic wand:

Pointing far beyond these glories,
 Far beyond the crystal sky,
"Seek me in those worlds more pleasant,
 Seek me in the realms on high."

She said, and vanished from my presence,
 I no more have seen her form;
But she smiles with lasting radiance,
 Far beyond earth's blighting storm.