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MORNING IN CAMP, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A bed of ashes and a half-burned brand
Last Line: Great, pulsing heart of bold, advancing day!
Subject(s): Camping; Camps; Summer Camps


A BED of ashes and a half-burned brand
Now mark the spot where last night's campfire sprung
And licked the dark with slender, scarlet tongue;
The sea draws back from shores of yellow sand,
Nor speaks lest he awake the sleeping land.
Tall trees grow out of shadows; high among
Their sombre boughs one clear, sweet song is sung,
In deep ravine by drooping cedars spanned,
All drowned in gloom; a flying pheasant's whirr
Rends morning's solemn hush; gray rabbits run
Across the clovered glade, while far away
Upon the hills each huge, expectant fir
Holds open arms in welcome to the sun --
Great, pulsing heart of bold, advancing day!






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