The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (Markham, Pyle, 1900)/Joy of the Morning

by Edwin Markham

 

Joy of the Morning

I hear you, little bird,
Shouting aswing above the broken wall.
Shout louder yet: no song can tell it all.
Sing to my soul in the deep still wood:
'Tis wonderful beyond the wildest word:
I'd tell it, too, if I could.

Oft when the white, still dawn
Lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart,
I've felt it like a glory in my heart
(The world's mysterious stir)—
But had no throat like yours, my bird,
Nor such a listener.