Social Commentaries
The Early Morning
From Sonnets and Verse (1923)
Social Commentaries
The moon on the one hand, the dawn on the other:
The moon is my sister, the dawn is my brother.
The moon on my left and the dawn on my right.
My brother, good morning: my sister, good night.
Cite this poem
MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Early Morning.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/130/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Early Morning.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/130/.
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