Nature
Dawn, Noon and Dewfall
From Green Fields and Running Brooks (1893)
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!
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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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