Morning Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Morning

Rating: 3.8


The mist has left the greening plain,
The dew-drops shine like fairy rain,
The coquette rose awakes again
Her lovely self adorning.

The Wind is hiding in the trees,
A sighing, soothing, laughing tease,
Until the rose says "Kiss me, please,"
'Tis morning, 'tis morning.

With staff in hand and careless-free,
The wanderer fares right jauntily,
For towns and houses are, thinks he,
For scorning, for scorning.
My soul is swift upon the wing,
And in its deeps a song I bring;
Come, Love, and we together sing,
"'Tis morning, 'tis morning."

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kevin Straw 23 September 2009

The wind hides in the trees till the rose says kiss me please? Mental and emotional mush.

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Liliana ~el 23 September 2013

Pretty... :)

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Aftab Alam Khursheed 23 September 2014

Poet here try to put the musical magical effect by using alliteration and onomatopoeia.. Her lovely self adorning.'Tis morning, 'tis morning.//sighing, soothing, laughing sound can be heard from far lovely

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Rajaram Subedi 23 September 2012

Excellent quite of the morning view

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Ramesh T A 23 September 2011

The poem says about morning glory in a beautiful way and kisses the heart of all!

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Rose no 18 August 2023

Wow the last comment was an entire decade ago lol, nice poem though

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Dr Antony Theodore 29 November 2020

The Wind is hiding in the trees, A sighing, soothing, laughing tease, Until the rose says " Kiss me, please, " 'Tis morning, 'tis morning. kiss me please says the rose. tony

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Margeret Downes-minger 05 July 2015

What a great poem and poet! !

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La Gail 23 September 2014

very vivid. I have yet to portray my writing into a picture

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Michelle Claus 23 September 2014

My favorite portion of this pretty poem is in the final stanza, where the nameless wanderer eschews the convention and containment of houses and towns. I feel that all the poem was written around this nomadic freedom.

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