A Sunset

1. 1Upon the mountain's edge with light touch resting,
2. 2There a brief while the globe of splendour sits
3. 3And seems a creature of the earth; but soon
4. 4More changeful than the Moon,
5. 5To wane fantastic his great orb submits,
6. 6Or cone or mow of fire: till sinking slowly
7. 7Even to a star at length he lessens wholly.

1. 8Abrupt, as Spirits vanish, he is sunk!
2. 9A soul-like breeze possesses all the wood.
3. 10The boughs, the sprays have stood
4. 11As motionless as stands the ancient trunk!
5. 12But every leaf through all the forest flutters,
6. 13And deep the cavern of the fountain mutters.