BW7: Sunrise on the Coast - Banjo Paterson

Sunrise on the Coast

   by 

Banjo Patterson 

Grey dawn on the sand-hills–the night wind has drifted

    All night from the rollers a scent of the sea;

With the dawn the grey fog his battalions has lifted,

    At the call of the morning they scatter and flee.

Like mariners calling the roll of their number

    The sea-fowl put out to the infinite deep.

And far over-head–sinking softly to slumber–

    Worn out by their watching, the stars fall asleep.

To eastward, where resteth the dome of the skies on

    The sea-line, stirs softly the curtain of night;

And far from behind the enshrouded horizon

    Comes the voice of a God saying “Let there be light.”

And lo, there is light!      Evanescent and tender,

    It glows ruby-red where ’twas now ashen-grey;

And purple and scarlet and gold in its splendour–

    Behold, ’tis that marvel, the birth of a day!

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