Told in the twilight

Chapter 3: THE TWILIGHT HOUR.

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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.

THE TWILIGHT HOUR.

Children, who read these little rhymes,

Out of the Twilight-land sent clear,

There’s many a one in these hurrying times,

Has not the time, like you, to hear.

But, children, this is your hour indeed;

And this is its beauty, this its power,

That all you love and that all you need

Comes to your hearts in the twilight hour.

This is the hour when dreams come true,

And life has never a tear or care,

When those you have lost come back to you,

And all your castles are strong and fair.

Then, children, who read, and I who write,—

Shall we not pray with all our power,

That whatever we lose of the world’s delight,

We lose not the peace of the twilight hour?