Poems (Jordan)/Winter Twilight
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WINTER TWILIGHT
The bare, brown trees against the setting sun,
Appear as logs a-quiver in the blaze;
Like smoke arising thence comes Twilight on,
Dimming the brightness with an ashen haze.
Appear as logs a-quiver in the blaze;
Like smoke arising thence comes Twilight on,
Dimming the brightness with an ashen haze.
Anon, like dying embers, from the which
There flashes forth a momentary spark,
The tree-tops glow, and broken shadows pitch
Noiselessly down—charred splinters of the Dark!
There flashes forth a momentary spark,
The tree-tops glow, and broken shadows pitch
Noiselessly down—charred splinters of the Dark!
The fire burns low, and ev'ry tint-robed cloud
Steals through Earth's western door with noiseless tread,
To issue thence bearing a seamless shroud
In which to wrap the Day, so sudden dead.
Steals through Earth's western door with noiseless tread,
To issue thence bearing a seamless shroud
In which to wrap the Day, so sudden dead.
And by-and-by the gray-gloved hand of Night
Sets yellow tapers 'round Day's dusky bier;
The Moon approaches—silent, calm and white,
And mourning winds are wildly sobbing near.
Sets yellow tapers 'round Day's dusky bier;
The Moon approaches—silent, calm and white,
And mourning winds are wildly sobbing near.