Literary notes about gloaming (AI summary)
Writers often employ the word "gloaming" to evoke the enchanting transition between day and night—a time imbued with both quiet melancholy and mysterious allure. In one instance, it is used to set a romantic, almost ethereal stage, where the soft fading light promises tender intimacies, as in the lyric call to love [1]. Elsewhere, the term marks a precise hour of cultural activity or repose, suggesting a fleeting moment when everyday life seems to merge with a more poetic realm [2][3]. In narrative passages, the gloaming becomes a subtle yet powerful backdrop that enhances mood and deepens the thematic resonance of change and reflection [4][5].
- Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms, Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be!
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - It was the short gloaming of Hindostan—the hour when ladies take their evening drive.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain - Sitting on the bridge in the soft May gloaming I pitched him a lovely yarn.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan - “In the gloaming, Oh my darling, When the lights are dim and low.”
— from Wings over England by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell - At length, in the first gloaming of the night, we heard a trumpet sound, and looking back from among the heather, saw the troop beginning to collect.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
