Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWILIGHT, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: When I was young the twilight seemed too long Last Line: When I was young the twilight seemed too long. Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Evening; Sunset; Twilight | ||||||||
WHEN I was young the twilight seemed too long. How often on the western window seat I leaned my book against the misty pane And spelled the last enchanting lines again, The while my mother hummed an ancient song, Or sighed a little and said: "The hour is sweet!" When I, rebellious, clamoured for the light. But now I love the soft approach of night, And now with folded hands I sit and dream While all too fleet the hours of twilight seem; And thus I know that I am growing old. O granaries of Age! O manifold And royal harvest of the common years! There are in all thy treasure-house no ways But lead by soft descent and gradual slope To memories more exquisite than Hope. Thine is the Iris born of olden tears, And thrice more happy are the happy days That live divinely in thy lingering rays. So autumn roses bear a lovelier flower; So in the emerald after-sunset hour The orchard wall and trembling aspen trees Appear an infinite Hesperides. Ay, as at dusk we sit with folded hands, Who knows, who cares in what enchanted lands We wander while the undying memories throng? When I was young the twilight seemed too long. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN TWILIGHT COMES by HAYDEN CARRUTH IN THE EVENINGS by LUCILLE CLIFTON NINETEEN FORTY by NORMAN DUBIE AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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