. St. Nicholas [serial] . A SUMMER DAY. EY MARGARET McKEON, AGE 12. (GOLD BADGE.) (SEE POEM BELOW.) THE EVENING ANGEL. BY JEAN OLIVE HECK (AGE l6). {Cash Prize.} The Angel of the Eventide has silently come down,A presence hushed and holy with his amber wingswide-spread;And all who blamelessly abide within the busy townAre blessed with peace and joy and rest, for he isoverhead. He lays a cooling hand upon the toilers weary browAnd sends him smiling homeward to the loved oneswaiting when his wings have fanned the breeze, diseaseand squalor bowUnto his might and take their flight before
. St. Nicholas [serial] . A SUMMER DAY. EY MARGARET McKEON, AGE 12. (GOLD BADGE.) (SEE POEM BELOW.) THE EVENING ANGEL. BY JEAN OLIVE HECK (AGE l6). {Cash Prize.} The Angel of the Eventide has silently come down,A presence hushed and holy with his amber wingswide-spread;And all who blamelessly abide within the busy townAre blessed with peace and joy and rest, for he isoverhead. He lays a cooling hand upon the toilers weary browAnd sends him smiling homeward to the loved oneswaiting when his wings have fanned the breeze, diseaseand squalor bowUnto his might and take their flight before theclean-swept air. He calls the city children, and they hear his gentle voice ;They flock to him and crowd the streets in eager,happy little hearts joy-filled cry out and noisily rejoice,And then again are silent in the Twilight Land ofDreams. The Angels work is ended, but he lingers yet a while. The city like a shriven soul shall see the gates ajar ;And in his face are blended love and joy as, with a smil
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