Sonnet [Hail, Twilight, Sovereign Of One Peaceful Hour]

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Title:     Sonnet [Hail, Twilight, Sovereign Of One Peaceful Hour]
Author: William Wordsworth [More Titles by Wordsworth]

Hail, Twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour!
Not dull art Thou as undiscerning Night;
But studious only to remove from sight
Day's mutable distinctions.--Ancient Power!
Thus did the waters gleam, the mountains lower,
To the rude Briton, when, in wolf-skin vest
Here roving wild, he laid him down to rest
On the bare rock, or through a leafy bower
Looked ere his eyes were closed. By him was seen
The self-same Vision which we now behold,
At thy meek bidding, shadowy Power! brought forth
These mighty barriers, and the gulf between;
The flood, the stars,--a spectacle as old
As the beginning of the heavens and earth!

[The end]
William Wordsworth's poem: "Hail, Twilight, Sovereign Of One Peaceful Hour" [sonnet]

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