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THE DREAM.
In the dream. I dreamt to-night Lore came, armed with magic might; r Fret and fever, doubt and fear, Foes that haunt his kingdom here. Misconception, vain regretting," ' . Bootless longing, cold forgetting, The dark shades of change and death, Ever hovering on his path; Vanished, from sound or sight, In the dream I dreamt to-night.' Time's strong hand fell helpless down; Fate stood dazed without her frown; Sly suspicion, cold fcurprisft, Faded 'neath the happy eyes; And the voice I love was" speaking, ' ", And the smile I love was making Sunshine in the golden weather, Where we two stood close together; For you reigned in royal right, In the dream I dreamt to-night. And T woke, and woke to see A cold world bare and blank to me, A world whdso stare'and sneer scarce hidden, | Told me that as fruit forbidden, L ove and trust must ever pine In so sad a clasp as mine; _ ■ All too faint and fragile grown, For gifts that youth hold all its own. " •- Ah, best to wake, forgetting quite, 1 The sweet dream I dreamt to-night;' ' —All the Year Sound. ,
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4844, 19 July 1884, Page 1
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190Select Poetry. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4844, 19 July 1884, Page 1
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