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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAWNING OF THE DAY, by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN Poet's Biography First Line: Twas a balmy summer morning Last Line: In the dim chill dawn of day! Subject(s): Dawn; June; Sunrise | |||
'Twas a balmy summer morning, Warm and early, Such as only June bestows; Everywhere the earth adorning, Dews lay pearly In the lily-bell and rose. Up from each green-leafy bosk and hollow Rose the blackbird's pleasant lay; And the soft cuckoo was sure to follow: 'Twas the dawning of the day! Through the perfumed air the golden Bees flew round me; Bright fish dazzled from the sea, Till medreamt some fairy olden- World spell bound me In a trance of witcherie. Steeds pranced round anon with stateliest housings, Bearing riders prankt in rich array, Like flushed revelers after wine-carousings: 'Twas the dawning of the day! Then a strain of song was chanted, And the lightly Floating sea-nymphs drew anear. Then again the shore seemed haunted By hosts brightly Clad, and wielding sword and spear! Then came battle shouts -- an onward rushing -- Swords, and chariots, and a phantom fray. Then all vanished: the bright skies were blushing In the dawning of the day! Cities girt with glorious gardens, Whose immortal Habitants in robes of light Stood, methought, as angel-wardens Nigh each portal, Now arose to daze my sight. Eden spread around, revived and blooming; When -- lo! as I gazed, all passed away: I saw but black rocks and billows looming In the dim chill dawn of day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BURNING DAWN by HAYDEN CARRUTH DAWN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EARLY RISER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A VISION OF CONNAUGHT IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN |
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