Sunrise

`Sunrise’, Mr. Lanier’s latest completed poem, was written while his sun of life seemed fairly at the setting, and the hand which first pencilled its lines had not strength to carry nourishment to the lips.

The three `Hymns of the Marshes’ which open this collection are the only written portions of a series of six `Marsh Hymns’ that were designed by the author to form a separate volume.

The `Song’ of the Marshes, `At Sunset’, does not belong to this group, but is inserted among the `Hymns’ as forming a true accord with them.