Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory to India | | Evening in India | | Robert Southey (1774–1843) |
| | | EVENING comes on: arising from the stream, | |
| Homeward the tall flamingo wings his flight; | |
| And where he sails athwart the setting beam, | |
| His scarlet plumage glows with deeper light. | |
| The watchman, at the wished approach of night, | 5 |
| Gladly forsakes the field, where he all day, | |
| To scare the wingéd plunderers from their prey, | |
| With shout and sling, on yonder clay-built height, | |
| Hath borne the sultry ray. | |
| Hark! at the Golden Palaces | 10 |
| The Brahmin strikes the hour. | |
| For leagues and leagues around, the brazen sound | |
| Rolls through the stillness of departing day, | |
| Like thunder far away. | | | | |
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