AWAKE, arise! Day's shining eyes Open unclouded to the waking skies; Night and the hosts of Sleep, Dispersed, defeated, creep To their Lethaean dens and sunless caverns deep. Hark! with the day His roundelay Each brave bird sings, and speeds away; Aloft, on circling wings, The mounting skylark sings, A denizen of air, scorning terrestrial things. Arise, awake! And, singing, make Thy morning orisons for Love's sweet sake. Awake, awake, arise! Keep the cerulean skies Reflected in the faithful azure of thine eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHERRY BLOSSOMS BLOWING IN WEST BLOWING SNOW by JAMES GALVIN PROVING by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ROMANCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 2 by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH DOMESDAY BOOK: ARCHIBALD LOWELL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: WIDOW FORTELKA by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |