George Essex Evans

“ Knee-deep in shallowy retreat.
O mellow air! O sunny light!
O Hope and Youth that pass away!
Inscribe in letters of delight
Upon each heart one golden day–
To be there set
When we forget
There is a joy in living yet! ”

“ As slowly moving home again
The lazy vanguard feeds along
To the waters cool
Of the tree-fringed pool
In the distant creek when the noon is full.
Slip girth and let the old horse graze;
The noon grows heavy on the air. ”