Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
DawnH. W. Stewart
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Blue, on the green horizon’s blanching rim.
A dog barks and a cock crows, far and dim,
Waking the sleeping town to stretch and yawn.
A blue gum, delicate as lace on lawn,
Across a brightening cloud has thrust a limb,
And from the pine-tree’s spire two magpies hymn
The everlasting miracle of dawn.
With loveliness, and beauty on the hills
Is perishable and plaintive as a song,
Heart-faint and far away; and manifest
Healing is in my heart for bodily ills
That made the sleepless night an aeon long.