Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWILIGHT, by JOHN MASEFIELD


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First Line: Twilight it is, and the far woods are dim, and the
Last Line: Beautiful souls who were gentle when I was a child.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Friendship


TWILIGHT it is, and the far woods are dim, and the rooks cry and call.
Down in the valley the lamps, and the mist, and a star over all,
There by the rick, where they thresh, is the drone at an end,
Twilight it is, and I travel the road with my friend.

I think of the friends who are dead, who were dear long ago in the past,
Beautiful friends who are dead, though I know that death cannot last;
Friends with the beautiful eyes that the dust has defiled,
Beautiful souls who were gentle when I was a child.





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