Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOON AND DAWN, by ANONYMOUS


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MOON AND DAWN, by                    
First Line: The bluest gray - the grayest blue
Last Line: Good-night to sorrows left behind
Subject(s): Dawn;moon; Sunrise


THE bluest gray -- the grayest blue,
Where golden, gleaming stars are set;
A moon whose glorious yellow waves
Make fair the rippled rivulet.

Night has her curtain over all;
The firs show dark against the sky;
The only sound is in the song
Of a late nightingale close by.

The wooded walks, which seemed so sweet
Seen in the morning's fairy light,
Now, dim and shadowy, hold no charm
Save the mysterious charm of night.

One swallow stirs, the gold stars fade,
In the cold sky a chill wind wakes;
The gray clouds frighten out the morn,
And through pale mist the new day breaks.

Good-morn -- good-night -- which is the best?
God grant some day that I may find
Both true: good-morn to joy begun,
Good-night to sorrows left behind.





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