The Dayspring
by John Banister Tabb
That hand with spear of light
Hath cleft the side of Night,
And from the red wound wide
Fashioned the Dawn, his bride?
Was it the deed of Death?
Nay; but of Love, that saith,Henceforth be Shade and Sun,
In bonds of Beauty, one.
Source:
PoemsCopyright 1894
John Lane, LondonCopeland and Day, Boston