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54 THE SETTING SUN.
like a vast globe of fire, seemed gradually sinking below the horizon, until it really appeared to rest upon the ocean ; and then the sky and water were of the same golden hue.
Edward and Lewis looked again and again, at the splendid sight, till the sun had almost disappeared, and only the bright tints remained. When they joined their mother, who was resting on one of the seats, they found that she, too, had been watching with delight the departure of the glorious orb of day ; nor did she fail to remind her children, that such a sight should inspire them with gratitude to our beneficent Creator, who " giveth us all things richly to enjoy ;" and whose power and goodness are alike manifest in all his
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