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Evening, thou that bringest all that bright morning scattered, thou bringest the sheep, the goat, and the child back to its mother.

Hail, gentle Evening, that bringest back

All things that bright morning hath beguiled.

Thou bringest the lamb, thou bringest the kid,

And to its mother, her drowsy child.

From the “Etymologicum Magnum,” where the meaning of (“dawn”) is discussed. The beauty of the fragment needs no emphasizing.

From a manuscript in Paris, edited by Cramer.

From the same manuscript as the preceding.