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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A STREAM'S SINGING, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: O how beautiful is morning Last Line: Singing runs the eternal stream. Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria | |||
O HOW beautiful is Morning! How the sunbeams strike the daisies, And the kingcups fill the meadow Like a golden-shielded army Marching to the uplands fair; -- I am going forth to battle, And life's uplands rise before me, And my golden shield is ready, And I pause a moment, timing My heart's paean to the waters, As with cheerful song incessant Onwards runs the little stream; Singing ever, onward ever, Boldly runs the merry stream. O how glorious is Noon-day! With the cool large shadows lying Underneath the giant forest, The far hill-tops towering dimly O'er the conquered plains below; -- I am conquering -- I shall conquer In life's battle-field impetuous: And I lie and listen dreamy To a double-voiced, low music, -- Tender beech-trees sheeny shiver Mingled with the diapason Of the strong, deep, joyful stream, Like a man's love and a woman's; So it runs -- the happy stream! O how grandly cometh Even, Sitting on the mountain summit, Purple-vestured, grave, and silent, Watching o'er the dewy valleys, Like a good king near his end: -- I have labored, I have governed; Now I feel the gathering shadows Of the night that closes all things: And the fair earth fades before me, And the stars leap out in heaven, While into the infinite darkness Solemn runs the steadfast stream -- Onward, onward, ceaseless, fearless, Singing runs the eternal stream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK HER LIKENESS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK NOW AND AFTERWARDS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK ONLY A WOMAN by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK PHILIP, MY KING by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A 'MERCENARY' MARRIAGE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHILD'S SMILE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHRISTMAS CAROL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD BABY by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD SEA-GULL; NEAR LIVERPOOL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |
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