Twilight by Amy Beach Lyrics

No sun to warm
The darkening cloud of mist
But everywhere
The steamy earth sends up
A veil of gray and damp
To kiss the green and tender leaves
And leave its cool imprint
In limpid pearls of dew

The blackened trunks and boughs
In ghostly silhouette
Mark grimly in the coming eye
The shadows of the past
All sounds are stilled
The birds have hushed themselves to rest
And night comes fast, to drop her pall
Till morn brings life to all