The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems

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The Kings and Queens of England with Other Poems by Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow

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and he will succor thee.
Oh, do not live for this dull world alone,
When with the Angels thou mayst find a home.

Jan. 1853.

THE EVENING OF LIFE.

As the shadows of evening around me are falling,
With its dark sombre curtain outspread,
And night's just at hand, chilly night so appalling,
And day's brilliant sunshine hath fled,

It is e'en so with me, for the eve of my day
Has arrived, yet I scarcely know how;
Bright morn hath departed, and noon passed away,
And 'tis evening, pale eve with me now.

Oh! where are the friends who in life's early morn,
With me did their journey commence;
Some are estranged, while some few still remain,
And others departed long since.

And when I too, like them, shall be summoned away,
And the shadows of death on me fall,
Be thou the Great Shepherd of Israel but near,
My Saviour, my God, and my all.

And though the "dark valley" we all must pass through,

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