Sunrise

“The sun had long since in the lapFrom black to red began to turn.”

“Utu, shepherd of the land, father of the black-headed, when you go to sleep, the people go to sleep with you; youth Utu, when you rise, the people rise with you.”

“The heavenly-harness'd teamBegins his golden progress in the east.”

“He fires the proud tops of the eastern pinesAnd darts his light through every guilty hole.”

“As when the golden sun salutes the morn,And overlooks the highest-peering hills.”

“Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail!And orient pearls from ev'ry shrub depend.”

“But yonder comes the powerful King of Day,Rejoicing in the East.”

“Oh the road to MandalayChina 'crost the Bay!”

“Night is the time for rest;Down on our own delightful bed!”

“The whole east was fleckedAs if to show a cope beyond the cope!”

“And yonder fly his scattered golden arrows,And smite the hills with day.”

“See! led by Morn, with dewy feet, Submissively retire.”

“See how thereKneels on the Eastern sanctuary-stair.”

“East, oh, east of Himalay Rolling up beyond Cathay.”

“The rising sun complies with our weak sight,He knew what harm his hasty beams would do.”