SUN-SET. Ann Radcliffe (née Ward) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823. The Poems of Mrs. Ann Radcliffe. London printed by and for J. Smith, Princes Street 1816 pp. 36-37. 118p. [Radcliffe's poems only, pp. 1-95]

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SUN-SET . Soft o'er the mountain's purple brow Meek Twilight draws her shadows grey : From tufted woods and vallies low , Light's magic colours steal away . Yet still , amid the spreading gloom , Resplendent glow the western waves , That roll o'er Neptune's coral caves , A zone of light on Ev'ning's dome . On this lone summit let me rest , And view the forms to Fancy dear , 'Till on the Ocean's darken'd breast The stars of Ev'ning tremble clear ; Or the moon's pale orb appear , Throwing her line of radiance wide , Far o'er the lightly-curling tide , That seems the yellow sands to chide . No sounds o'er silence now prevail , Save of the dying wave below , Or sailor's song borne on the gale , Or oar at distance striking slow . So sweet ! so tranquil ! may my ev'ning ray Set to this world — and rise in future day .