English poetry -- 20th century
Twilight and falling dew; a little bell And answering bell, from campanile far, Chime and are silent; one triumphant star Conquers the after-glow, that like a shell, Nacreous and rose, vibrating as it dies, Faints on the lifted forehead of the snow, Falls from the deepening pu...
Twilight and falling dew; a little bell And answering bell, from campanile far, Chime and are silent; one triumphant star Conquers the after-glow, that like a shell, Nacreous an...
2. Part 2Now that the dayspring surely comes To wake a dreaming world once more And light a thousand, thousand homes With message from the Eastern shore; Though dawn doth shiver sad and...
3. Part 3Then the gloom, Where a first firefly winked her golden spark Upon the deepening purple, broke and tore-- The twilight stillness ended on a stark, Harsh, grating, deep-mouthed,...
4. Part 4“I will bid The seraphim to pray to Him for mates!” Cried Adam, in a fervour that all Heaven Should share the knowledge dazzling. “Yea, let Him Cast down his hosts in slumber an...