| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Dawn | | By H. W. Stewart |
| | | MOUNTAINS and hills in silhouette are drawn— | |
| Blue, on the green horizon’s blanching rim. | |
| A dog barks and a cock crows, far and dim, | |
| Waking the sleeping town to stretch and yawn. | |
| A blue gum, delicate as lace on lawn, | 5 |
| Across a brightening cloud has thrust a limb, | |
| And from the pine-tree’s spire two magpies hymn | |
| The everlasting miracle of dawn. | |
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| For a brief space the brazen skies are blest | |
| With loveliness, and beauty on the hills | 10 |
| Is perishable and plaintive as a song, | |
| Heart-faint and far away; and manifest | |
| Healing is in my heart for bodily ills | |
| That made the sleepless night an aeon long. | | | | |
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