by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)
Language: English
Day's sweetest moments are at dawn. Refreshed by his long sleep, the Light Kisses the languid lips of Night, Ere she can rise and hasten on. All glowing from his dreamless rest He folds her closely to his breast, Warm lip to lip and limb to limb, Until she dies for love of him.
Composition:
- Set to music by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "At dawn" [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919), "Dawn", appears in Poems of Pleasure, in 1. Passional, New York: Belford Company, Publishers, page 21, first published 1888
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