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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SUNLIGHT, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poet's Biography
First Line: The sunlight, the sunlight, / it cometh apace!
Last Line: Of heavenly light.
Subject(s): Day; Light; Sun; Waking
First Line: The sunlight, the sunlight, / it cometh apace!
Last Line: Of heavenly light.
Subject(s): Day; Light; Sun; Waking
THE Sunlight, the Sunlight,
It cometh apace!
It breaks through the dun light
Of night-shadowed space!
It comes with a glimmer,
A sparkle and shimmer.
The moon showeth dimmer,
The planets give place!
It bendeth, it rendeth
Night's prisoning bars!
Exultant out-sendeth
Its voiceless hurrahs!
O'er bulwarks and bowers
It scatters bright showers,
Like luminous flowers
Grown out of the stars.
O souls that lie sleeping
In doubt and in n ght,
Wake, wake from your weeping!
Day comes, in despite
Of cavil or grieving.
Man's best of believing,
Is but the receiving
Of Heavenly Light.
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