| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | Day | | By William McLennan (1856–1904) |
| | | THE DAY hath burst exuberant from out the pearl-grey Dawn. | |
| She flings aside her crimson robe behind the golden hills, | |
| And comes in all her nakedness, her very veil withdrawn, | |
| In glory so effulgent that it troubles as it thrills. | |
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| The cicada is screaming high her paean to the heat, | 5 |
| The tender morning flowers have hid their faces from the glare, | |
| As dancing through the swooning land Day reels with burning feet, | |
| The red hibiscus flaunting in her iridescent hair. | | | | |
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