Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUT OF THE DARK AND THE DEARTH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Ho! But the darkness was densely
Last Line: And that was the dawn -- the dawn!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Dawn; Earth; Night; Sunrise; World; Bedtime


HO! but the darkness was densely black!
And young feet faltered and groped their way,
With never the gleam of a star, alack!
Nor a moonbeam's lamest ray! --
Blind of light as the blind of sight. --
And that was the night -- the night!

And out of the blackness, vague and vast,
And out of the dark and the dearth, behold! --
A great ripe radiance grew at last
And burst like a bubble of gold,
Gilding the way that the feet danced on. --
And that was the dawn -- The Dawn!





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