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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUBURBAN DAWN, by HENRY MORTON ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: Nothing is paler than suburban dawn; Last Line: The whistle of the first train into town. Subject(s): Dawn; Suburbs; Sunrise | |||
Nothing is paler than suburban dawn; Nothing in mountain forests have I seen More shyly tranquil than the dappled fawn Of daybreak crossing squares of dusty green. Dawn is a white doe pasturing between The hedge and house, the sidewalk and the lawn, Cropping the berried bush of darkness clean While all the curtains in the town are drawn. Over the pavement lean the dreaming trees With lashes of their drowsy leaves turned down; Brown ivy-sparrows tune their morning glees; The day is trying on her newest gown -- And dons it quickly, hearing on the breeze The whistle of the first train into town. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR BURNING DAWN by HAYDEN CARRUTH DAWN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE GARDEN AT THE DAWN HOUR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS EARLY RISER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE WORDS WHEN WE NEED THEM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE DESIDERATUS MERCIER by HENRY MORTON ROBINSON |
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