Evening

Evening

Evening in its primary meaning is the period of the day between afternoon and night. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin just before dusk, when temperatures begin to fall, and last until just after nightfall, when complete darkness has been reached.

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Famous quotes containing the word evening:

    “I stood and watched the evening star
    As long as it watched me.”
    —Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)

    “It was evening all afternoon.
    It was snowing
    And it was going to snow.
    The blackbird sat
    In the cedar limbs.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Age is opportunity no less
    Than youth itself, though in another dress,
    And as the evening twilight fades away
    The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)