| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | IV. The Twilight Hour | | By Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835) |
| | | I LOVE 1 to hail the mild and balmy hour, | |
| When evening spreads around her twilight veil; | |
| When dews descend on every languid flower, | |
| And sweet and tranquil is the summer gale. | |
| Then let me wander by the peaceful tide, | 5 |
| While o’er the wave the breezes lightly play; | |
| To hear the waters murmur as they glide, | |
| To mark the fading smile of closing day. | |
| There let me linger, blest in visions dear, | |
| Till the soft moonbeams tremble on the seas; | 10 |
| While melting sounds decay on fancy’s ear, | |
| Of airy music floating on the breeze. | |
| For still when evening sheds the genial dews, | |
| That pensive hour is sacred to the muse. | |
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