Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Mary McNeilFenollosa1645 Sunrise in the Hills of Satsuma
T
Pink at the tip and gold at the core,
Rising up swiftly through waters of gloom
That lave night’s shore.
Darting like glittering elves at play,
To the thin arched grass where crickets hide
And sing all day.
They have builded there for a thousand years;
Their nestlings stir in a huddled drowse
To pipe shrill fears.
A small gray ape peers up at the sun;
Crickets and sunbeams are quarrelling still;
Day has begun.