Will H. Hendrickson, "The Coming of the Night" (1906)
The blessed benediction of the day,
And with his soothing balin he gently bathes
The hot check of the day as on its way
To new born skies it glides down in the West'
And then the stars,bright children of the night,
Unveil their faces to the earth below,
The moon rejoices at the sun's retreat,
His face is wreathed in smiles and, all aglow,
He takes the sceptre that the sun laid down.
Published in in Colored American Magazine, September 1906