The Children's Hour, 1898
Oil on canvas

Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginnin g to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations,
That is known as the Children's Hour

From my study I see in the lamplight
Decending the broad hall stair,
Grave Alice and laughing Allegra
And Edith with golden hair.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The Children's Hour"

One of the artist's most popular pieces, illustrating Longfellow's charming ode to his children.