Let Beauty Awake

Robert Louis Stevenson(1850–1894)

1896

Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams,Beauty awake from rest!Let Beauty awakeFor Beauty's sakeIn the hour when the birds awake in the brakeAnd the stars are bright in the west!

Let Beauty awake in the eve from the slumber of day,Awake in the crimson eve!In the day's dusk endWhen the shades ascend,Let her wake to the kiss of a tender friendTo render again and receive!

From Songs of Travel and Other Verses (1896), via the English Wikisource transcription.

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