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    The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea
    The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea
    The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea
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    The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea

    By John La Farge and Helen Hay Whitney

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea - John La Farge

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Rose of Dawn, by Helen Hay

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      Title: The Rose of Dawn

      A Tale of the South Sea

      Author: Helen Hay

      Illustrator: John La Farge

      Release Date: August 7, 2006 [EBook #19005]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROSE OF DAWN ***

      Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      Copyright, 1901, by R. H. RUSSELL

      University Press · John Wilson

      and Son · Cambridge, U.S.A.

      The ROSE OF DAWN

      A TALE OF THE SOUTH SEA

      Somnolent, vast, inert, the darkness lay

      Waiting for dawn. Across the ocean stirred

      A luminous haze, not light, but whispering light,

      So softly yet, the islands had not heard.

      The mystery of sleep was in the trees

      And on the weary stars. A little cry

      That broke the silence seemed a sacrilege.

      Then thro' the palm trees glided like a ghost

      A dusky form; the curtain of the dark

      Was rent with life, the forest brought forth men.

      Instinct with morning every eye was bright,

      Tho' sleep so lately lay across their lids.

      No sinister intent had called them forth

      Upon the shadows. May held out her hands,

      And all the men who dared the dangerous sport

      Were faring where the great bonita played,—

      Strong shining fish below the mid sea waves.

      Upon the beach beneath the paling moon

      The boats were launched. Amid the busy stir

      One man stood idle; as a chief might order,

      He bade the youths prepare his long canoe.

      With folded arms he gravely watched the rest

      And gave them salutation haughtily.

      Uhila [1] was he called, and in his veins

      There ran a slender stream of northern blood.

      He bore upon his old and indolent heart,

      Scarred with the sins of war, a white device.

      Taka, daughter of chiefs and Fiji's pride,

      Lily of maidens, was betrothed to him;

      Desirous eyes kinged him with envy's crown.

      [1] The lightning.

      Scraping across the beach the boats were launched,

      And as they touched the waves, they seemed to take

      New shape and dignity with that caress

      Of little lapping ripples round the prow.

      Uhila led the fleet as one who knew

      His right by reason of his age and skill.

      The little isle seemed now a sleeping maid

      Kirtled in green, the beach her snowy breast

      Veined with the purple brooks that sought the sea.

      Uhila watched it fade below

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