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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADAGASCAR: AUBADE, by WILLIAM DAVENANT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lark now leaves his watery nest Last Line: Then draw your curtains, and begin the dawn! Alternate Author Name(s): D'avenant, William Variant Title(s): Song;song To His Mistress Subject(s): Dawn; Music & Musicians; Sunrise | |||
The lark now leaves his watery nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings. He takes this window for the East, And to implore your light he sings -- Awake, awake! the morn will never rise Till she can dress her beauty at your eyes. The merchant bows unto the seaman's star, The ploughman from the sun his season takes; But still the lover wonders what they are Who look for the day before his mistress wakes. Awake, awake! break through your veils of lawn! Then draw your curtains, and begin the dawn! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BURNING DAWN by HAYDEN CARRUTH DAWN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EARLY RISER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE SOLDIER GOING TO THE FIELD by WILLIAM DAVENANT TO A MISTRESS DYING by WILLIAM DAVENANT FOR THE LADY OLIVIA PORTER; A PRESENT UPON NEW YEARS DAY by WILLIAM DAVENANT |
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