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AT DAWN by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE ONLY KNEW THE BIRTH AND DEATH
Last Line: AS THE GREY DAWN CAME IN.
Subject(s): DAWN; SUNRISE;
She only knew the birth and death
Of days, when each that died
Was still at morn a hope, at night
A hope unsatisfied.

The dark trees shivered to behold
Another day begin;
She, being hopeless, did not weep
As the grey dawn came in.



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