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DAYBREAK by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE

First Line: SUN! SUN! SUN! SUN!
Last Line: SUN! SUN! SUN!
Subject(s): BIRDS; DAWN; NATURE - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS; SUN; SUNRISE;
@3@2S@1UN! Sun! Sun! Sun!@1
Chorus of earth-birds, chorus of sky-birds, myriad matins begun,
Cross-tangled adventurous music, anthems of awe,
Of appeal, adoration: litanies now of law,
And now raptured singings of trust in the truth of the light,
The Lighter's proud power, and the rich-altared East, all bedight
With the glimmer, the glow, and the glory, till it mounts into flame,
And the mass-music mightily swells to the sovereign Name—
@3Sun!@1
As his garment, incredibly golden, the edge of the world has won,
And life is astir, and love is alive, and the sighing and sleeping are
done;—
@3Sun! Sun! Sun!@1



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