| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Over the World | | By Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) |
| | | THERE is a time between our night and day, | |
| A space between this world and the unknown, | |
| Where none may enter as we stand alone | |
| Save the one other single soul that may; | |
| Then is all perfect if the two but stay. | 5 |
| It is the time when, the home-evening flown, | |
| And “good-nights” sped in happy household tone, | |
| We look out from the casement ere we pray. | |
| Into the world of darkness deep and far | |
| We gaze—each depth with its own deepest star, | 10 |
| That brightens as we turn, nor yet recedes | |
| When we would search it with our sorest needs,— | |
| O holy living-ground from heaven won! | |
| O time beyond the night when day is done! | | | | |
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