Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT DAWN, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL


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First Line: I lay awake and listened, ere the light
Last Line: Said that bright song; and then I thought of you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew
Subject(s): Bells; Sound; Sleep


I LAY awake and listened, ere the light
Began to whiten at the window pane.
The world was all asleep: earth was a fane
Emptied of worshipers; its dome of night,
Its silent aisles, were awful in their gloom.
Suddenly from the tower the bell struck four,
Solemn and slow, how slow and solemn! o'er
Those death-like slumberers, each within his room.
The last reverberation pulsed so long
It seemed no tone of earthly mould at all.
But the bell woke a thrush; and with a call
He roused his mate, then poured a tide of song:
"Morning is coming, fresh, and clear, and blue,"
Said that bright song; and then I thought of you.





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