Told in the twilight

Chapter 2: TWILIGHT LAND.

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A compact assortment of short lyrical poems aimed at children, presenting twilight moods, daydreams, and gentle moral observations. Imaginative vignettes mix whimsy and instruction: seaside fantasies populated by talking sea-creatures, street and river scenes that note poverty and longing, and tender encounters with swallows, lambs, cats, and other animals. Several pieces meditate on dreams, memory, and consolation, while others offer playful moral lessons about prudence, gratitude, and kindness, combining simple imagery with reflective, quietly didactic tones.

TWILIGHT LAND.

The day is done, the day is done,

And all the troubles of the day!

The long last crimson of the sun

Is melting into silver gray.

The old world slowly fades from view,

Within another world we stand,

And all is strange and all is new,

For this, for this is Twilight-land.