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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CRICKETS AT DAWN, by LEONORA SPEYER Poet's Biography
First Line: All night the crickets chirp
Last Line: One by one.
Subject(s): Crickets
First Line: All night the crickets chirp
Last Line: One by one.
Subject(s): Crickets
All night the crickets chirp,
Like little stars of twinkling sound
In the dark silence.
They sparkle through the summer stillness
With a crisp rhythm:
They lift the shadows on their tiny voices.
But at the shining note of birds that wake,
Flashing from tree to tree till all the wood is lit --
O golden coloratura of dawn!--
The cricket-stars fade slowly,
One by one.
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