| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Twilight |
| | | Charles Heavysege (1816–69) |
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| THE DAY was lingering in the pale northwest, | |
| And light was hanging o’er my head, | |
| Night where a myriad stars were spread; | |
| While down in the east, where the light was least, | |
| Seemed the home of the quiet dead. | 5 |
| And, as I gazed on the field sublime | |
| To watch the bright pulsating stars, | |
| Adown the deep, where the angels sleep, | |
| Came drawn the golden chime | |
| Of those great spheres that sound the years | 10 |
| For the horologe of time;— | |
| Millenniums numberless they told, | |
| Millenniums a millionfold | |
| From the ancient hour of prime! | |
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