VENICE AT TWILIGHT
O for the autumn, and twilight and dream,
Where still waters gleam.
O for sky-distances, fading in blue,
With Venice in view.
O for the opal of cloud and lagoon,
With night-shadows strewn.
Palaces, blue-green, and hushed as in sleep,
Keep watch o’er the deep.
O for the autumn, and Venice aglow,