A Twilight Sonnet.
A blush, a smile, a dusk sweet violet—1
And hopes like flowing waters slip away,2
Away—away—through golden, green, and gray,3
Till love meets ocean-love or hearts forget.4
A withered flower that once was dewy-wet,5
A dim dusk purple gathered by the way,6
And treasured till the summer day—our
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Was clouded by the shadow of regret.8
Twilight for dreams, the dun and dying glow9
Of flames that filled the home with love’s broad light ;10
After life’s storm, the wavering to and fro11
Of waters, the remembered youth and might ;12
And so from dreams to sleep, life’s puppet-show13
Stilled by the falling curtain of the night.14