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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNRISE ABOVE BROAD WHEAT-FIELDS, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The pale tints of the twilight fields
Last Line: Sings as though god his singing heard.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Dawn; Singing & Singers; Sunrise
First Line: The pale tints of the twilight fields
Last Line: Sings as though god his singing heard.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Dawn; Singing & Singers; Sunrise
The pale tints of the twilight fields
Have turned into burnished gold,
For waves of yellow light have rolled
From the open'd east across the wealds;
While 'mid the wheat spires far behind
Stirs lazily the awaken'd wind.
A skylark high (a song-made bird)
Sings as though God his singing heard.
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