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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DUSKS OF DAWN, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: Through the slumberous, level masses of leaves
Last Line: For the body of day is under it all!
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise
First Line: Through the slumberous, level masses of leaves
Last Line: For the body of day is under it all!
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise
Through the slumberous, level masses of leaves,
The dusky, soft foretoken of green,
Gently the promise of morning weaves
Hints of the sky more felt than seen.
There is no light but light in a dream,
And forms that flow to a formless dark,
Softly flow as a sleeping stream,
Dully float as an anchored bark.
And yet the woodland is slowly astir,
The masses are lifted and breathing fall;
Breath of Her and stirrings of Her,
For the body of Day is under it all!
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