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DAWN'S FIRST VOICE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I awoke - perhaps too late?
Last Line: Of hope to a heart that breaks.
Subject(s): Birds; Dawn; Hope; Waking; Sunrise; Optimism


I awoke—perhaps too late?
The greying window said, Wait.
Then, O my herald, you stirred
And spoke—spoke once, and then sang,
The day's first sweet sweet bird;
To this one place it was given,
And I was the one who heard.

I may think it so if I will!
But in the next field, and next still,
In each village a first bird wakes,
In each lane throughout the land
A first bird stirs and makes
Morning from night, with a hint
Of hope to a heart that breaks.





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