The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge/Last Songs/Dawn

by Francis Ledwidge

For works with similar titles, see Dawn.

DAWN

Quiet miles of golden sky,
And in my heart a sudden flower.
I want to clap my hands and cry
For Beauty in her secret bower.

Quiet golden miles of dawn—
Smiling all the East along;
And in my heart nigh fully blown,
A little rose-bud of a song.