Dawning *, Sonnet - Italian with English Rhyme Scheme Options

[Larry]

Dawning

Pale fingers reach into the copse of trees
to push the spectral shadows hiding there
into the morning light. A gentle breeze
is rustling leaves and tiny branches where
the birds have roosted. Wakening in song,
they greet the day with hungry mouths to feed.
Each knows the tree and nest where they belong;
no need for one to guide or intercede.

Would that eclectic people emulate
and realize what simple creatures know.
The gift of each new day is merely fate
and every moment wasted is to throw
that gift away. The peril is that we
no longer comprehend its sanctity.

[JustDaniel]

Besides for my thanking you, this is an incidental visit from the grammar copse re your explanation:

You can have a copse without it being “trees”; things...

Please note that it should rather be its, since a gerund (present participle used as a noun) is modified by a possessive. Of course I know that you know both of these facts, so this is but a little reminder.

just a Light correction, Daniel