1376. At Midnight by Frank Dempster Sherman. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1376. At Midnight

By Frank Dempster Sherman


SEE, yonder, the belfry tower
That gleams in the moon’s pale light;
Or is it a ghostly flower
That dreams in the silent night?

I listen and hear the chime	5
Go quavering o’er the town,
And out of this flower of Time
Twelve petals are wafted down.