Nature

Dawn, Noon and Dewfall

by James Whitcomb Riley 1849–1916

From Green Fields and Running Brooks (1893)

Nature

I.

Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin
Up and at it airly, and the orchard-blossoms bobbin'!
Peekin' from the winder, half-awake, and wishin'
I could go to sleep agin as well as go a-fishin'!

II.

On the apern o' the dam, legs a-danglin' over,
Drowsy-like with sound o' worter and the smell o' clover:
Fish all out a visitin'--'cept some dratted minnor!
Yes, and mill shet down at last and hands is gone to dinner.

III.

Trompin' home acrost the fields: Lightnin'-bugs a-blinkin'
In the wheat like sparks o' things feller keeps a-thinkin':--
Mother waitin' supper, and the childern there to cherr me!
And fiddle on the kitchen-wall a-jist a-eechin' fer me!

MLA

Riley, James Whitcomb. “Dawn, Noon and Dewfall.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/70/.

Chicago

Riley, James Whitcomb. “Dawn, Noon and Dewfall.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/70/.

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