In Summer Twilight
By Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.
Just a dash of lambent carmine
Shading into sky of gold;
Just a twitter of a song-bird
the wings its head enfold;
Just a rustling sigh of parting
From the moon-kissed hill to breeze;
And a cheerful gentle, nodding
Adieu waving from the trees;
Just a friendly sunbeam’s flutter
Wishing all a night’s repose,
Ere the stars swing back the curtain
Bringing twilight’s dewy close.
About the Poet
Joshua Henry Jones, Jr. was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He published both prose and poetry, including Poems of the Four Seas (The Cornhill Company, 1921); The Heart of the World (Stratford Co., 1919); and By Sanction of Law (McGrath Publishing Company, 1924). Jones died on December 14, 1955, in Boston.
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