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MORNING by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: BREATH OF MORNING - BREATH OF
Last Line: LET US BE AS WE HAVE BEEN!
Subject(s): MAY (MONTH); MORNING; YOUTH;

BREATH of Morning -- breath of May --
With your zest of yesterday
And crisp, balmy freshness, smite
Our old hearts with Youth's delight.

Tilt the cap of Boyhood -- yea,
Where no "forelock" waves, to-day, --
Back, in breezy, cool excess,
Stroke it with the old caress.

Let us see as we have seen --
Where all paths are dewy-green,
And all human-kind are kin --
Let us be as we have been!



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