Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EARLY MORN, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: When I did wake this morn from sleep
Last Line: As they would vanish for a dream.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Morning


WHEN I did wake this morn from sleep,
It seemed I heard birds in a dream;
Then I arose to take the air --
The lovely air that made birds scream;
Just as a green hill launched the ship
Of gold, to take its first clear dip.

And it began its journey then,
As I came forth to take the air;
The timid Stars had vanished quite,
The Moon was dying with a stare;
Horses, and kine, and sheep were seen,
As still as pictures, in fields green.

It seemed as though I had surprised
And trespassed in a golden world
That should have passed while men still slept!
The joyful birds, the ship of gold,
The horses, kine, and sheep did seem
As they would vanish for a dream.





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