Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE EAST IN GOLD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: Somehow this world is wonderful at times
Last Line: To scream for joy -- they saw the east in gold.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Birds


Somehow this world is wonderful at times,
As it has been from early morn in May;
Since first I heard the cock-a-doodle-do --
Timekeeper on green farms -- at break of day.

Soon after that I heard ten thousand birds,
Which made me think an angel brought a bin
Of golden grain, and none was scattered yet --
To rouse those birds to make that merry din.

I could not sleep again, for such wild cries,
And went out early into their green world;
And then I saw what set their little tongues
To scream for joy -- they saw the East in gold.





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