| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | IV. Twilight | | By Park Benjamin (1809–1864) |
| | | CALM twilight! in thy mild and silent time, | |
| When summer flowers their perfume shed around, | |
| And naught, save the deep, solitary sound | |
| Of some far bell, is heard, with solemn chime | |
| Tolling for vespers, or the evening bird | 5 |
| Pouring sweet music o’er the woodland glade, | |
| As if to viewless sprites and fairies played, | |
| Who join in dances when the strain is heard: | |
| Then thoughts of those beloved and dearest come | |
| Like sweetest hues upon the shadowed wave; | 10 |
| And joys, that blossomed in the bowers of home, | |
| The dews of memory with freshness lave. | |
| O, that my last daybeam of life would shine, | |
| Serenely beautiful, calm hour, as thine! | | | | |
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