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DAWN
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Mist on the mountain heightSilverly creeping:
Incarnate beads of light
Bloom-cradled sleeping,
Dripped from the brow of Night.
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Shadows and winds that riseOver the mountain:
Stars in the spar that lies
Lost in the fountain,
Cold as the waking skies.
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Sheep in the fenced-in foldsDreamily bleating,
Dim on the thistled wolds,
Where, glad with meeting,
Twilight the Night enfolds.
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Sleep on the restless seaHushing its trouble:
Rest on the dreams that be
Hued in Life's bubble:
Calm on the heart of me.
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Mist from the mountain heightHurriedly fleeting:
Star in the locks of Night
Throbbing and beating,
Thrilled with the coming light.
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Flocks on the musky strips;Pearl on the fountain:
Winds from the heavens' lips;
And, on the mountain,
Dawn with her rose that drips.
| The poems of Madison Cawein | |