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Poem
April 30, 1884
Butler Citizen
Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A sonnet depicting the speaker awake before dawn, listening to the solemn toll of a bell at four, which awakens a thrush to sing of the coming morning, evoking thoughts of a beloved.
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MORNING.
I lay awake and listened, ere the light
Began to whiten at the window pane;
The world was all asleep; earth was a fane
Emptied of worshipers: its dome of night.
Suddenly from the tower the bell struck four.
Solemn and slow, how slow and solemn! o'er
Those death-like slumbers, each within his room.
The last reverberation pulsed so long
It seemed no tone of earthly mould at all.
But the bell woke a thrush, and with a call
He roused his mate, then poured a tide of song:
"Morning is coming, fresh and clear and blue."
Said that bright song, and then I thought of you.
I lay awake and listened, ere the light
Began to whiten at the window pane;
The world was all asleep; earth was a fane
Emptied of worshipers: its dome of night.
Suddenly from the tower the bell struck four.
Solemn and slow, how slow and solemn! o'er
Those death-like slumbers, each within his room.
The last reverberation pulsed so long
It seemed no tone of earthly mould at all.
But the bell woke a thrush, and with a call
He roused his mate, then poured a tide of song:
"Morning is coming, fresh and clear and blue."
Said that bright song, and then I thought of you.
What sub-type of article is it?
Sonnet
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
Love Courtship
What keywords are associated?
Morning
Dawn
Bell
Thrush
Song
Love
Poem Details
Title
Morning.
Key Lines
"Morning Is Coming, Fresh And Clear And Blue."
Said That Bright Song, And Then I Thought Of You.