Chapter 10
poem number ten of thirty american poems by various the glory of the day was in her face by james weldon johnson this litter box recording is in the public domain the glory of the day was in her face the beauty of the night was in her eyes and over all her loveliness the grace of morning blushing in the early skies and in her voice the calling of the dove like music of a sweet melodious part and in her smile the breaking light of love and all the gentle virtues in her heart and now the glorious day the beauteous night the birds that signal to their mates at dawn to my dull ears to my tear-blended sight are one with all the dead since she is gone end of the poem this recording is in the public domain