Happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour, And, in the d… - Paul Hamilton Hayne

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Happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour,
And, in the depths of heavenly peace reclined.
Loves to commune with thoughts of tender power;
Thoughts that ascend, like angels beautiful,
A shining Jacob's ladder of the mind.

Paul Hamilton Hayne

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Paul Hamilton Hayne (January 1, 1830 – July 6, 1886) was a nineteenth century Southern poet, critic, and editor of minor but historical distinction.

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