Let's bid the fading day adieu <br />As twilight's shadow closes nigh <br />Amidst the many rainbowed hues <br />We bid the fading day adieu <br />Embrace the darkening sky anew <br />As the ebbing sun slips from the sky <br />We bid the fading day adieu <br />As twilight's shadow closes nigh<br /><br />Sheri Walters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/night-approaches-a-triolet/