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Read & copy
“A late lark twitters from the quiet skies;”
Meaning & context
Henley opens with a small evening sound that helps establish the poem’s luminous, peaceful transition from daylight toward night and, eventually, its meditation on death.
Source details
“Margaritae Sorori,” represented by Wikisource. The poem is dated 1876 in collected-text traditions and was later gathered in Henley’s A Book of Verses (1888). It develops this serene evening scene into the speaker’s wish for an equally peaceful death; the single opening line is retained as nature imagery while the source note preserves the mortality context.