Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Russia: Vol. XX. 1876–79. | | | | Moscow | | Sunset in Moscow | | Edna Dean Proctor (1829–1923) |
| | | O THE SPLENDOR of the city, | |
| When the sun is in the west! | |
| Ruddy gold on spire and belfry, | |
| Gold on Moskwa’s placid breast; | |
| Till the twilight soft and sombre | 5 |
| Falls on wall and street and square, | |
| And the domes and towers in shadow | |
| Stand like silent monks at prayer. | |
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| ’T is the hour for dream and legend: | |
| Meet me by the Sacred Gate! | 10 |
| We will watch the crowd go by us; | |
| We will stories old relate; | |
| Till the bugle of the barracks | |
| Calls the soldier to repose, | |
| And from off the steppe to northward | 15 |
| Chill the wind of midnight blows. | | | | |
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