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First Line: At twilight, when the sun is low
Last Line: At twilight.
Subject(s): Babel, Tower Of


At twilight, when the sun is low,
I look upon a Babel bright
Across a harbor that I know,
At twilight.

Bewildering splendor to the sight!
There all the works, in sunset's glow,
Of God and man, don robes of light.

The jeweled spires skyward go.
A diamond city, mountain height;
Below, the rivers deep green flow
At twilight.

At twilight, fog upon the Bay;
That Titian city, masked in night,
Will vanish utterly away
At twilight.

Instead, the fog horn, wakeful wight,
Will shriek its warning, there to stay
The ocean greyhound in its plight.

Oh, jeweled city, set in jet!
Where all the world both come and go;
That is a fog, should you forget!
At twilight.





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