Morning Song

Sara Teasdale

A diamond of a morning
Waked me an hour too soon;
Dawn had taken in the stars
And left the faint white moon.
O white moon, you are lonely,
It is the same with me,
But we have the world to roam over,
Only the lonely are free.

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TEXT PROVENANCE · First published 1920 in Flame and Shadow · Text from Flame and Shadow (1920), via Project Gutenberg ebook 591.

Flame and Shadow (1920), Project Gutenberg ebook 591

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