Dawn

by


Spofford's poem, Dawn was published in Harper's Magazine, October 1907.
LAME and flower and the blue,
⁠While a breath from far Eden blows,
And the old earth born anew,
⁠And the east a bursting rose.

Music of birds and bees,
⁠Wild and full as the Dorian mood,
The whir of the wing, and the breeze
⁠Bringing the spice of the wood.

Dear the dreams of the night,
⁠And sweet are the hours that are gone.
But sweeter the hour in its flight
⁠Of a dew-drenched summer dawn!

6

facebook share button twitter share button google plus share button tumblr share button reddit share button email share button share on pinterest pinterest


Create a library and add your favorite stories. Get started by clicking the "Add" button.
Add Dawn to your own personal library.

Return to the Harriet Prescott Spofford Home Page

Anton Chekhov
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Susan Glaspell
Mark Twain
Edgar Allan Poe
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Herman Melville
Stephen Leacock
Kate Chopin
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson