1464. At Twilight by Peyton Van Rensselaer. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1464. At Twilight

By Peyton Van Rensselaer


THE ROSES of yesteryear
Were all of them white and red:
It fills my heart with silent fear
To find all their beauty fled.

The roses of white are sere,	5
All faded the roses of red;
And one who loves me is not here,
And one that I love is dead.