639. Too solemn for day, too sweet for night. William Sidney Walker. The Oxford Book of English Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.

William Sidney Walker. 1795–1846

639. Too solemn for day, too sweet for night

TOO solemn for day, too sweet for night,
Come not in darkness, come not in light;
But come in some twilight interim,
When the gloom is soft, and the light is dim.