The Daybreak

The distant mountains gleam and glitter With the sun rising in all his glory The world awakes to songs and sounds And takes up all its chores so cheery The green woods echo the song of birds Poured in strains of sweet melody The silvery rills that run through dales Sizzle and simmer in neat prosody Birds that leave their nocturnal haunts Dart to heaven's measureless bounds Shepherds lead their docile flock To graze on grassy mountain heights The spotted deer and the white hare Come out from their close covert On the meadows and over the plains They nibble the grass and run about Lovely groves and gorgeous gardens Buzz with the hum of Bumble bees The agile squirrels with bushy tails In great vigour, run up the trees From the boughs of arching trees Hang the blooms of colourful hue Wow! They look so exotic to view Bright with the touch of morning dew A brilliant glow illumines the earth And the spell of darkness - come to cease Casting the cover of snowy mantle The morn has emerged in serene peace Like a child that wakes from sleep Fresh after a night long rest, The world is once more back to life With man and beast, so richly blest.