The Dawn Chorus by Elizabeth Henry

 Before the moon disperses,

And daylight fills the skies,

A cheery, chirpy melody

Pervades the countryside.

 

Beginning in the rookery,

It spreads throughout the trees,

Awakening the butterflies,

The squirrels and the bees.

 

It trickles t’ward the garden,

Then seeps into the sheds,

Beguiling vagrant mice and rats

From deep within their beds.

 

It soothes the souls and spirits

Of the farmers cutting hay,

The midwife and the milkman,

As they set about their day.

 

It fills the bosk with beauty,

Serenity and calm –

The joyful, tuneful harmony

That’s nature’s blithe alarm.