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TWILIGHT, by                    
First Line: The twilight turns the mind to inward things
Last Line: In that new birth—god's gift of perfect peace.
Subject(s): Evening; Past; Peace; Sunset; Twilight


The twilight turns the mind to inward things
When we are stilled by passing angel-wings;
Then forwarding our thought and looking far,
See other gates than those of earth ajar:

Come visions of the past,—of long gone years;
Each form, familiar as it re-appears
From the long silence restful for retreat,
Treads now old paths remembered by its feet.

Are they but shadows of the long ago
Seeking re-communion with those they know?
Ah, could we but hold them in our embrace
And know again we see them face to face!

Sweet twilight hour, rich for the yearning heart,
Your serene spirit to our souls impart,
Make firm our faith, add still to its increase
In that new birth—God's gift of perfect peace.





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