Quite Early Morning

Sunrise, Nez Perce Creek,
Yellowstone National Park

Sunrise. Morning.
A time of rebirth, opportunity and hope.
A time to reflect and to atone.

Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Flatter the mountain-tops with Sovereign eye,
Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy.

William Shakespeare, Sonnets.

Don't you know it's darkest before the dawn
And it's this thought keeps me moving on
If we could heed these early warnings
The time is now quite early morning
If we could heed these early warnings
The time is now quite early morning

So though it's darkest before the dawn
These thoughts keep us moving on
Through all this world of joy and sorrow
We still can have singing tomorrows
Through all this world of joy and sorrow
We still can have singing tomorrows

Pete Seeger, Quite Early Morning

Sunrise, Grand Teton National Park

Just like the sun over the mountain top
You know I’ll always come again
You know I love to spend my morning time
Like sunlight dancing on your skin.

Rodney Crowell, Till I Gain Control Again.

Sunrise, Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota

It's a restless hungry feeling
That don't mean no one no good,
When ev'rything I'm a-sayin'
You can say it just as good.
You're right from your side,
I'm right from mine.
We're both just one too many mornings
An' a thousand miles behind.

Bob Dylan, One Too Many Mornings.