← McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader
Chapter 20
Lesson XIX
EVENING HYMN.
- Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh, Shadows of the evening Steal across the sky.
- Now the darkness gathers, Stars begin to peep; Birds, and beasts, and flowers Soon will be asleep.
- Through the lonely darkness, May the angels spread Their white wings above me, Watching round my bed.