by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)
Day's sweetest moments are at dawn
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 [holds]1 her closely to his breast, Warm lip to lip and limb to limb, Until she dies for love of him.
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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 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "At dawn" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
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