THE SUN OF DAY by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS

With Morning's sun ascending
Suffusing light and blending,
'Tis glorious Night's ending
That marks the dawn of Day;
With glory still ascendent,
Magnificent, resplendent,
Diffusing light transcendent
It passes on its way.

Beneath its light revealing
Vistas with shadows stealing,
And forest shades concealing
Where wild things seek and play;
Where birds are sweetly singing
On branches swaying, clinging,
And on through spaces winging
From tree to tree their way;

Where humming birds are humming,
And woodpeckers are drumming;
Where partridges are thrumming
Through reaches far and near;
Where fishes pausing, starting,
Alertly flashing, darting
Through limpid waters parting,
Leaping into the clear.

O'er lightning blinding, flashing
With thunder rolling, crashing,
And raindrops falling, splashing
From clouds that dim its light;
At evening declining,
On sea and land still shining,
And clouds with glory lining
As Day yields to the Night.

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