Original and Select Poetry.
A SOFT AND SUNNY DREAM WAS MINE. A soft and sunny dream was mine In midnight's silence deep, My<»en-le mother thou did'st como * And sooth me in my sleep. Beside thee did I lingering stand, „ . •> And on thy faithful breast Once more my weary brow was laid In safety sweet to resfc. I heard thy fond-remembered voice In its low cadence speak, I felt thy hand upon my hair, Thy breathing on my cheek. , Not yet had time grown sad with me, Still gay was he and young, Nor vet around by bounding steps The thorns of life had sprung. The world before me glittering lay, . All warmth and sunshine then; A fair and happy child I dwelt In that dear home again. Yet 'twas not thou, my mother sweet, ' That blessed my dreaming sight—. > But an angel that from heaven stooped And kissed me in the nigljt, Beth.
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Colonist, Volume III, Issue 275, 8 June 1860, Page 4
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153Original and Select Poetry. Colonist, Volume III, Issue 275, 8 June 1860, Page 4
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