Marsh Hymns—Between Dawn and Sunrise

by Sidney Lanier

Were silver pink, and had a soul,
      Which soul were shy, which shyness might
A visible influence be, and roll
      Through heaven and earth— ‘twere thou, O light!

O rhapsody of the wraith of red,
      O blush but yet in prophecy,
O sun-hint that hath overspread
      Sky, marsh, my soul, and yonder sail.