| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 804. Twilight at the Heights |
| | | By Joaquin Miller |
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| THE BRAVE young city by the Balboa seas | |
| Lies compassed about by the hosts of night— | |
| Lies humming, low, like a hive of bees; | |
| And the day lies dead. And its spirit’s flight | |
| Is far to the west; while the golden bars | 5 |
| That bound it are broken to a dust of stars. | |
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| Come under my oaks, oh, drowsy dusk! | |
| The wolf and the dog; dear incense hour | |
| When Mother Earth hath a smell of musk, | |
| And things of the spirit assert their power— | 10 |
| When candles are set to burn in the west— | |
| Set head and foot to the day at rest. | |
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