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THE DAWN by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER

First Line: SHIMMERING, GLIMMERING, MYSTICAL DAWN
Last Line: LOOSED FROM MY DOUBTS, I WELCOME THEE, DAWN.
Subject(s): DAWN; MORNING; REBIRTH; SUNRISE;

Shimmering, glimmering, mystical Dawn,
Herald art thou of the birth of the morn,
Robed in thy gown bespangled with dew,
Flushed is thy cheek with a deep crimson hue,
Golden thy locks and blue is thine eye,
Sweet are my thoughts when thy charms I descry.

Gloom in my heart at thy coming takes wings,
Joy sees thy smile and exultingly sings,
Memory sleeps and dead is the past,
Yester-year's hopes like an army are massed,
Strengthened, I leap with a power new-born,
Loosed from my doubts, I welcome thee, Dawn.



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