Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ZUNI DAYBREAK, by WILLIAM FELTER


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ZUNI DAYBREAK, by                    
First Line: With wistful eyes turned to the east
Last Line: The breath of summer comes.
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise


With wistful eyes turned to the east
She waits the break of dawn
Before the first bird notes are heard,
Before the stars are gone . . .
As one by one the stars fade out
All glorious breaks the sun
Above the eastern horizon;
The long, long night is done.

Flutelike the early songster's lay
Wakes up the sleeping braves,
While echoing from the nearby glades
Come answering vocal waves.
From every hogan smoke plumes curl
Good morning orisons,
As down the flowering forest aisles
The breath of summer comes.





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