StNicholas [serial] . Jk ST NICHOLAS LEAGUE* ; F e b r uary HEADING. BY GORDON STEVENSON, AGE 15. (HONOR MEMBER.) SUNSET BY CATHARINE H. STRAKER (AGE 15) {Cask Prize) Once more I wander, sorrowful and slow,Along the paths where oft we used to goTo watch the sunsets gorgeous afterglow. And once we leaned upon this wall close by,And saw the colors fading from the sky,And darkness, like a veil, fall from on high. And there behind that pine-wood on the rightThere lingered streaks of brilliant orange light,Seeming to bar the progress of the night. Do you remember how we pictured faysSliding from cl

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StNicholas [serial] . Jk ST NICHOLAS LEAGUE* ; F e b r uary HEADING. BY GORDON STEVENSON, AGE 15. (HONOR MEMBER.) SUNSET BY CATHARINE H. STRAKER (AGE 15) {Cask Prize) Once more I wander, sorrowful and slow,Along the paths where oft we used to goTo watch the sunsets gorgeous afterglow. And once we leaned upon this wall close by,And saw the colors fading from the sky,And darkness, like a veil, fall from on high. And there behind that pine-wood on the rightThere lingered streaks of brilliant orange light,Seeming to bar the progress of the night. Do you remember how we pictured faysSliding from cloud-land on the suns last rays,And dancing in the silent, dusky ways? And so once more have I come here to seeThe darkness gather and the daylight flee;The charm is lost now you have gone from

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