Verse and Reverse (1921)/Sunset

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Sunset

Twilight, bird's call,
Reddens the West,
Scarlet, a silent sea
Beneath its breast.

Mast light, lamb's cry,
Darkens the West
Pillowed on purple tide—
A World at rest.

—Maude Petitt Hill


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