A Sunset Lesson

A Sunset Lesson
This evening I saw the sun set
Behind the mountain dim ;
It dropped from behind a beautiful cloud ,
All gold around its rim
And as the sun sank down to rest ,
Beneath its bed of gold ,
It filled my soul with rapture ,
Its beauty to behold .
O that my life ,at the close of day ,
May be as supremely bright ,
As I pass on from this present world
To the realms of endless light;
That the golden crown may await there.
As bright as this golden sky ,
And that I may dwell forever there ,
In that beautiful home on high .
Jan Bagwell
God Bless