DAWN, around packed buildings, flickering,
flowered;
Daylight full on sullen waters glowing,
Rippled; crawling streets stirred; ships, outgoing.
Slipped down seaward; wind and chimney showered
Smoke and coal-dust; summer burst and towered.
Pelting grit from inland deserts, blowing
Pell-mell southward, lanes and vessels showing
Blurred; beneath the sky all shrank and cowered.
Arctic shores of frozen glory, tropic
Isles uncharted, indolent, cool, sunny –
Tales for children such are. There’e no topic
Left now, clever, sad, glad, strange, or funny,
But, as the voyager knows, though microscopic,
Spells the desire for woman, drink, or money.
(E J Rupert Atkinson)
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