LESSON XIX.

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dark'ness a cross' lone'ly beasts


[Illustration: Sunset;lake in foreground, town in background.]


EVENING HYMN.

1. Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.

2. Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep;
Birds, and beasts, and flowers
Soon will be asleep.

3. Through the lonely darkness,
May the angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.