Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SUN OF DAY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS First Line: With morning's sun ascending Last Line: As day yields to the night. Subject(s): Day; Light; Lightning; Sun; Weather; Lightning Rods | ||||||||
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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOLT FROM THE BLUE by GREGORY ORR THE YOUNG MYSTIC by LOUIS UNTERMEYER POSTSCRIPT; TO MAXIME KUMIN by ELEANOR WILNER THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL EPITAPH by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU THE IMPROVISATORE: ALBERT AND EMILY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES LIGHTNING by WILLIAM ROSE BENET SHEET LIGHTNING by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE SCYTHE STRUCK BY LIGHTING by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A CHRISTMAS CAROL AND ANTHEM by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS |
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