| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920. 1920. |
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| Crickets at Dawn |
| | | Leonora Speyer |
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| ALL night the crickets chirp, | |
| Like little stars of twinkling sound | |
| In the dark silence. | |
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| They sparkle through the summer stillness | |
| With a crisp rhythm: | 5 |
| They lift the shadows on their tiny voices. | |
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| But at the shining note of birds that wake, | |
| Flashing from tree to tree till all the wood is lit— | |
| O golden coloratura of dawn!— | |
| The cricket-stars fade slowly, | 10 |
One by one.
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