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SUNRISE by BERNICE BAIRD

First Line: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE SUNRISE
Last Line: AROUND EACH FLOWER SUBLIME.
Subject(s): DAWN; SUNRISE;
Have you ever seen the sunrise
On a mighty ocean blue
As it pushes back the morning mist
To watch dawn's blushing hue . . .?

Have you ever seen the sunrise
As it climbs the golden steps?
Each one a rosy billow
Like foamy, lacy nets . . .

Well then, you've missed the sunrise
A-comin' o'er the mountains;
And you have missed it shinin'
On the silvery gushing fountains . . .

And you have missed the sunrise
As it kissed each silvery pine;
While its rays spread like a capelet
Around each flower sublime.



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