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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAWN, by WINIFRED LUCAS
First Line: Light breathes its innocent first breath
Last Line: And one of grief's assured surprise.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise
First Line: Light breathes its innocent first breath
Last Line: And one of grief's assured surprise.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Dawn; Sunrise
LIGHT breathes its innocent first breath
Soft on a world that needs it SQ,
Low on a world that listeneth.
I see the horizon sharper grow,
And by earth's darkening face I know
The unrisen sun that wakes beneath,
A whole day's life that stirs below.
All fates that men go forth to meet,
In indistinguishable guise,
Together held, the sad, the sweet,
Helpless in dawn's restraining skies,
Wake in a mist of secrecies,—
Though one man dream of joy complete,
And one of grief's assured surprise.
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