Opals (Custance)/An Impression
An Impression
Sky like smoked mother-o'-pearl,Dim background for bare treesThat lift against it stained twig traceries:Smoke wreaths that curlUpward from carved stone chimneys silently—Twilight time . . . nigh!
Westward wide scarlet barsBelting day's silvery waist—And Eastward sable clouds interlaced . . .So—night lifts nearer luminous with stars . . .