Syned - Dawn at Paardekraal lyrics

The dim grey light comes stealing, and the stars Melt swiftly, till at last the only one Is left a watcher. Rosy, radiant bars Of cloud foretell a day not yet begun. The purple sky pales in the waking east From blue to faintest green. The mountains stand On the horizon's edge. Each bird and beast Stirs in its sleep. A hush is o'er the land. The light grows brighter. Trees and shrubs appear Like wraiths that beckon dumbly in the gloom, Mysterious shapes that slowly grow more clear, Then--chirping birds, and flowers all a-bloom. And lo! the Sun--wielding a molten spear, Leaps, like a god, new-risen from his tomb.