Robert Seymour Bridges (1844–1930) British writer
Awake, My Heart, to Be Loved http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=6639&poem=27759, l. 1-3. <br class="br">Poetry
“When did morning ever break,
And find such beaming eyes awake?”
Fly not yet.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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Context: p>Methinks, thy jubilee to keep,
The first-made anthem rang
On earth deliver'd from the deep,
And the first poet sang.Nor ever shall the Muse's eye
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