Summer Dawn
Author: first_name: William
last_name: Morris
Language: English
Year: 1919

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of "Summer Dawn" by William Morris.<br>
This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 10, 2022. <br> ------<br>
When this poem was first published in 1856 it had no title. Subsequently, the 1858 edition gave the sonnet its title of "Summer Dawn." And it is a sonnet, though it does not follow traditional English or Italian models. Perhaps Morris was giving hint of the Provençal 'alba.' These poems in their early form were conversations between two lover