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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAWN AMID SCOTCH FIRS, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The furtive lights that herald dawn
Last Line: For one brief moment dazzlingly.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Dawn; Trees; Sunrise
First Line: The furtive lights that herald dawn
Last Line: For one brief moment dazzlingly.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Dawn; Trees; Sunrise
The furtive lights that herald dawn
Are shimmering 'mid the steel-blue firs;
A slow awakening wind half stirs
And the long branches breathe upon;
The east grows clearer -- clearer -- lo;
The day is born! A refluent flow
Of silver waves along each tree
For one brief moment dazzlingly.
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