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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COCK-CROW, by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the wood of thoughts that grow by night Last Line: The milkers lace their boots up at the farms. Alternate Author Name(s): Eastaway, Edward; Thomas, Edward Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise | |||
Out of the wood of thoughts that grows by night To be cut down by the sharp axe of light, -- Out of the night, two cocks together crow, Cleaving the darkness with a silver blow: And bright before my eyes twin trumpeters stand, Heralds of splendour, one at either hand, Each facing each as in a coat of arms: -- The milkers lace their boots up at the farms. | 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 |
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