Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMING OF DAWN, by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI


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COMING OF DAWN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thin silver cloud-veils hide the moon
Last Line: The darkness fall,
Subject(s): Nature; Seasons; Weather


Thin silver cloud-veils hide the moon,
The star-steeds of the chariot of night
Course for the western hills;
The west-wind a ceaseless flute playing,
With its stops of falling autumn leaves.

The forest and the valley a map
Drawn by the explorers in the land of reverie:
They color it with tones of violet and lavender;
Or, make rainbow waves of leaf and light
With tones from the changing palette of the breeze.

At last, the thin clouds become thinner yet;
The moon now a moonstone in an opal dream;
The leaves cease dropping, and dead the wind;
Begins a new measure, a new flute playing,
As the star-steeds' golden hoofs touch the western hills.





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