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DAWN AMID SCOTCH FIRS by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: THE FURTIVE LIGHTS THAT HERALD DAWN
Last Line: FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT DAZZLINGLY.
Subject(s): DAWN; TREES; SUNRISE;

The furtive lights that herald dawn
Are shimmering 'mid the steel-blue firs;
A slow awakening wind half stirs
And the long branches breathe upon;
The east grows clearer -- clearer -- lo;
The day is born! A refluent flow

Of silver waves along each tree
For one brief moment dazzlingly.



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