Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By ArloBates

1060 A Winter Twilight

PALE beryl sky, with clouds

Hued like dove’s wing,

O’ershadowing

The dying day,

And whose edge half enshrouds

The first fair evening star,

Most crystalline by far

Of all the stars that night enring,

Half human in its ray,—

What blessed, soothing sense of calm

Comes with this twilight,—sovereign balm

That takes at last the bitter sting

Of day’s keen pain away.