Dawn
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SKU: CF.BL1315
Composed by Jacob Narverud. Octavo. 8 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 3 seconds. BriLee Music #BL1315. Published by BriLee Music (CF.BL1315).UPC: 672405011822. Key: F major.
DawnQuiet miles of golden sky,And in my heart a sudden flower.I want to clap my hands and sighFor Beauty in her secret bower. Quiet golden miles of dawn—Smiling all the East along;And in my heart nigh fully grown,A little rose-bud of a song.—From “Last Songs” by Francis LedwidgeDawn, radiant dawn!When morning comes my fears are gone.Daylight breaks, my soul awakes!And songs of Love sing on. —Italics: Additional text by Jacob NarverudAbout the PoetFrancis Ledwidge (1887–1917) was an Irish poet from Slane, County Meath. Ledwidge started writing at an early age and was first published in a local newspaper when he was fourteen years old. Ledwidge left the local national school shortly after and worked as a farm hand, road surface mender, and copper miner at Beaupark Mine near Slane. Ledwidge became friends with a local landowner, the writer Lord Dunsany, who gave him a workspace in the library of Dunsany Castle and introduced him to literary figures, including William Butler Yeats and Katherine Tynan. Some of Ledwidge’s manuscripts are held in the National Library of Ireland. The main surviving collection, including his early works and personal letters, are in the archives of Dunsany Castle.