| William Baxter | The Break of Morning (1851) |
| T H E L A D I E S ' R E P O S I T O R Y . |
| S E P T E M B E R, 1 8 5 1 . |
| T H E B R E A K O F M O R N I N G . |
| BY WILLIAM BAXTER. |
| MORN in loveliness is breaking, And, as from a sleep awaking, Joyfully his race to run, Rises up the glorious sun. Night's dark shadows fast are flying; All the watching stars are dying; And the clouds have caught a stain, Bloody as a battle plain. Merrily the birds are singing; Loud the hunter's horn is ringing; And, through all the solemn wood, Song is swelling like a flood. Bright the dewy leaves are glancing, Where the moonbeams late were dancing, And in mist the dew-drops fly Upward to their native sky. Now the light, in golden showers, Floods the glowing land of flowers, And each painted leaf is bright With the flashing tears of night. Where a mountain streamlet dashes There a mimic rainbow flashes, While its voice swells like a hymn Sung by distant seraphim. Mountain peaks, above us watching, Day's first, brightest beams are catching; And, like heralds of the sun, Tell the valleys day's begun. Soon the darkened vale rejoices; All its dwellers lift their voices, Giving, in a cheerful lay, Thanks for the returning day. |
[The Ladies' Repository 11 (September 1851): 345.]
ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION
William Baxter's "The Break of Morning" was first published in The Ladies' Repository: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 11, No. 9, September 1851, p. 345. This volume, edited by B. F. Tefft, was published in Cincinnati by L. Swormstedt and J. H. Power and in New York by G. Lane and L. Scott.
Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.
Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA
Created 16 April 2000.
Updated 28 June 2003.
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