Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWILIGHT, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH


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First Line: Hail, twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour!
Last Line: As the beginning of the heavens and earth!
Subject(s): Dusk


Hail, Twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour!
Not dull art Thou as undiscerning Night;
But studious only to remove from sight
Day's mutable distinctions. -- Ancient Power!
Thus did the waters gleam, the mountains lower,
To the rude Briton, when, in wolf-skin vest
Here roving wild, he laid him down to rest
On the bare rock, or through a leafy bower
Looked ere his eyes were closed. By him was seen
The self-same Vision which we now behold,
At thy meek bidding, shadowy Power! brought forth;
These mighty barriers, and the gulf between;
The flood, the stars, -- a spectacle as old
As the beginning of the heavens and earth!





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