Feinberg / Whitman Literary File Poetry File "Twilight" (1889). Proof on birch bark. Includes A.Y.S.S. Notations 1889 June Twilight: Proof with Notations. A.MS.s.(1p. 11 1/2 x 17 cm.) Written in ink, with one line in pencil, on a proof on tan birch bark of 'Twilight', a 3-line poem, with a printed signature, 14 words: [At top:] Walt Whitman June 1889 [At bottom:] on birch bark a curio on birch bark Walt Whitman Walt Whitman June 1889 TWILIGHT The soft voluptuous opiate-sahdes, The sun just gone, the eager light - (I too will soon be gone,) A haze - nirwana - rest and night - oblivion. Walt Whitman a curio on birch bark Walt Whitman Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.