Dawn

Date: 1999Composer: Richard ThompsonText: Paul Laurence DunbarSong Collection: The Shadow of Dawn: Five Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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An angel, robed in spotless white,
Bent down and kissed the sleeping night.
Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone.
Men saw the blush and called it dawn.

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