07.01.08

‘Twas The Dawning Of The Day

Posted in Poetry at 4:18 am by CMJ Office

‘Twas a balmy summer morning,

Warm and early,

Such as only June bestows;

Everywhere the earth adorning,

Dews lay pearly

In the lilly-bell and rose.

Up from each green leafy bosk and hollow

Rose the blackbird’s pleasant lay,

And the soft cuckoo was sure to follow,

‘Twas the Dawning of the Day!

…………. - James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849)

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