All hail! my brave, bright world of green and gold, My morning, smiling from the kiss of night! Your other lover greets you. Left and right The air's a-twitter in the sunshine bold, The air is praying in the shadowy wold. Sole lord am I of all this realm of sight, These swinging meadow sweeps, this proud delight Of ranking hills, these clouds just out of fold. Stoutly the sturdy road beneath my feet Rings me a morning welcome. Rise, my soul, The benediction of the sky to meet. Sound, color, fragrance, freshness -- mine the whole; Mine to receive, and haply mine to give: A kingly day, and kingly must I live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POOR DEVIL! by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET MY DEATH AS A GIRL I KNEW by JAMES GALVIN AN EXPLANATION by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 2 by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH SURFACES AND MASKS; 6 by CLARENCE MAJOR THE FAMILY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD |