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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Philip HenrySavage

1600 Morning

NOT least, ’t is ever my delight

To drink the early morning light;

To take the air upon my tongue

And taste it while the day is young.

So let my solace be the breath

Of morning, when I move to death.