ALEXANDER HUME

lo6. A Summer 3) ay

PERFECT Light, which shaid away The darkness from the light, And set a ruler o'er the day, Another o'er the night

Thy glory, when the day forth flies,

More vively doth appear Than at mid day unto our eyes

The shining sun is clear.

The shadow of the earth anon

Removes and drawis by, While in the East, when it is gone,

Appears a clearer sky.

Which soon perceive the little larks,

The lapwing and the snipe, And tune their songs, like Nature's clerks,

O'er meadow, muir, and stripe.

Our hemisphere is polisht clean,

And lighten'd more and more, While everything is clearly seen

Which seemit dim before :

Except the glistering astres bright,

Which all the night were clear, OiTuskit with a greater light

No longer do appear.

shaid] parted. stripe] rill. offuskit] darkened.

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