Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TIME AND TWILIGHT, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER


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First Line: In the dark twilight of an autumn morn
Last Line: To rush by night into the arms of time?'
Subject(s): Time


In the dark twilight of an autumn morn,
I stood within a little country-town,
Wherefrom a long acquainted path went down
To the dear village haunts where I was born;
The low of oxen on the rainy wind,
Death and the Past, came up the well-known road,
And bathed my heart with tears, but stirred my mind
To tread once more the track so long untrod;
But I was warned, 'Regrets which are not thrust
Upon thee, seek not; for this sobbing breeze
Will but unman thee; thou art bold to trust
Thy woe-worn thoughts among these roaring trees,
And gleams of by-gone playgrounds - Is't no crime
To rush by night into the arms of Time?'





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