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Dawn

Dawn blushed; betrayed her waking sky 
To gently break another morrow fine. 
Night waned – the black receding – highland
Reaching for the early morning wine.

The chorus rendered frantic caws and
Chirps and other avian song, 
Mapping out the 'mine and yours, ' and
Goading more to sing along! 

Quiescent water – deep of lake – 
Reflected out the hazy red, but
Through the glass, a flick, a break: 
An urgent tail from hidden bed! 

And in the meadow, waking faces
Calmly spread a coloured veil; 
The dew disclosing spider laces –
Oft with once a fly’s travail! 

Dawn blushed; revealed her inner peace; 
She handed on another blissful day. 
Night ebbed, relenting to release of 
Warming blood that gives to her display

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