<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Twilight - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[She bids you on the wanton rushes lay you down And rest your gentle head upon her lap,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59937]]></link><description><![CDATA[She bids you on the wanton rushes lay you down And rest your gentle head upon her lap,  And she will sing the song that pleaseth you   And on your eyelids crown the god of sleep,    Charming your brood with pleasing heaviness,     Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep      As is the difference betwixt day and night       The hour before the heavenly-harnessed team        Begins his golden progress in the east.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, And Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Twilight, a timid, fawn, went glimmering by, And Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her feet along the dewy hills Are lighter than blown thistledown;  She bears the glamour of one star  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her feet along the dewy hills Are lighter than blown thistledown;  She bears the glamour of one star   Upon her violet crown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then the nun-like twilight came, violent vestured and still, And the night's first star outshone afar on the eve of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the nun-like twilight came, violent vestured and still, And the night's first star outshone afar on the eve of Bunker Hill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea,  The orange flower perfumes the bower, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea,  The orange flower perfumes the bower,   The breeze is on the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . th' approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59930]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . th' approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade,   And the low sun had lengthen'd ev'ry shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and down beneath it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night was drawing and closing her curtain up above the world, and down beneath it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene.  Stilled is the hum that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene.  Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke   When round the ruins of their ancient oak    The peasants flocked to hear the minstrel play,     And games and carols closed the busy day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The west is broken into bars Of orange, gold, and gray;  Gone is the sun, come are the stars, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59926]]></link><description><![CDATA[The west is broken into bars Of orange, gold, and gray;  Gone is the sun, come are the stars,   And night infolds the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From that high mount of God whence light and shade Spring both, the face of brightest heaven had changed  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59928]]></link><description><![CDATA[From that high mount of God whence light and shade Spring both, the face of brightest heaven had changed  To grateful twilight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lady of the twilight She hath such gentle hands,  So lovely are the gifts she brings   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lady of the twilight She hath such gentle hands,  So lovely are the gifts she brings   From out of the sunset-lands,    So bountiful, so merciful,     So sweet of soul is she;      And over all the world she draws       Her cloak of charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lengthening shadows wait The first pale stars of twilight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lengthening shadows wait The first pale stars of twilight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet shadows of twilight! how calm their repose, While the dewdrops fall soft in the breast of the rose!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet shadows of twilight! how calm their repose, While the dewdrops fall soft in the breast of the rose!  How blest to the toiler his hour of release   When the vesper is heard with its whisper of peace!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gloaming comes, the day is spent, The sun goes out of sight,  And painted is the occident  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59923]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gloaming comes, the day is spent, The sun goes out of sight,  And painted is the occident   With purple sanguine bright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun is set; and in his latest beams Yon little cloud of ashen gray and gold,  Slowly upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun is set; and in his latest beams Yon little cloud of ashen gray and gold,  Slowly upon the amber air unrolled,   The falling mantle of the Prophet seems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free,  And like the wings of sea-birds  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59925]]></link><description><![CDATA[The twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free,  And like the wings of sea-birds   Flash the white caps of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The summer day is closed, the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours,  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The summer day is closed, the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours,  The latest of whose train goes softly out   In the red west.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues  With a new colour as it gasps away,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues  With a new colour as it gasps away,   The last still loveliest, till--'tis gone--and all is gray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59917]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown   Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59918]]></link><description><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauteous Night lay dead Under the pall of twilight, and the love-star sickened and shrank. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauteous Night lay dead Under the pall of twilight, and the love-star sickened and shrank.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the twilight of morning to climb to the top of the mountain,-- Thee to salute, kindly star, earliest herald ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59920]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the twilight of morning to climb to the top of the mountain,-- Thee to salute, kindly star, earliest herald of day,--  And to await, with impatience, the gaze of the ruler of heaven.--   Youthful delight, oh, how oft lur'st thou me out in the night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sunbeams dropped Their gold, and, passing in porch and niche,  Softened to shadows, silvery, pale, and dim,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59913]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sunbeams dropped Their gold, and, passing in porch and niche,  Softened to shadows, silvery, pale, and dim,   As if the very Day paused and grew Eve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair Venus shines Even in the eye of day; with sweetest beam  Propitious shines, and shakes a trembling flood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair Venus shines Even in the eye of day; with sweetest beam  Propitious shines, and shakes a trembling flood   Of softened radiance from her dewy locks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59914</guid></item></channel></rss>