| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | I. “Calm Twilight! in thy wild and stilly time” | | By Rev. Norman Pinney (1800–1862) |
| | | CALM 1 Twilight! in thy wild and stilly time, | |
| When summer flowers their perfumes 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 |
| Carolling music in the shady grove, | |
| Sweet as the pure outpourings of first love, | |
| While not a leaf by Zephyr’s breath is stirred,— | |
| Bright thoughts of those beloved and dearest come, | |
| Like sunset rays upon the azure wave; | 10 |
| And joys which blossomed in the bower of home | |
| The dews of memory with freshness lave. | |
| O, that my last day-beams of life would shine, | |
| As mildly beautiful, calm hour, as thine! | |
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