Nature

Envoy

by William Ernest Henley 1849–1903

From Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses

Nature

My songs were once of the sunrise:
They shouted it over the bar;
First-footing the dawns, they flourished,
And flamed with the morning star.

My songs are now of the sunset:
Their brows are touched with light,
But their feet are lost in the shadows
And wet with the dews of night.

Yet for the joy in their making
Take them, O fond and true,
And for his sake who made them
Let them be dear to You.

MLA

Henley, William Ernest. “Envoy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/henley/89/.

Chicago

Henley, William Ernest. “Envoy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/henley/89/.

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