In Summer Twilight

Just a dash of lambent carmine
  Shading into sky of gold;
Just a twitter of a song-bird
  Ere the wings its head enfold;
Just a rustling sigh of parting
  From the moon-kissed hill to breeze;
And a cheerful gentle, nodding
  Adieu waving from the trees;
Just a friendly sunbeam’s flutter
  Wishing all a night’s repose,
Ere the stars swing back the curtain
  Bringing twilight’s dewy close.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on July 10, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets.

About this Poem

“In Summer twilight” appeared in The Heart of the World (Stratford Co., 1919).