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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT FROM A DREAM, by ELLA ALLISON
First Line: Through the night a poet listened
Last Line: In living words of light.
Subject(s): Dreams; Poetry & Poets; Nightmares
First Line: Through the night a poet listened
Last Line: In living words of light.
Subject(s): Dreams; Poetry & Poets; Nightmares
Through the night a poet listened
To voices he heard in a dream;
They gave a song to the moonlight;
To wind, a wailing theme.
The eerie tones were mingled
With noises of outer ways
And the wistful undertoning
Of all his happier days.
As the echoes all had meaning
For life in a busy town,
That a poet may interpret,
The dreamer wrote them down.
And the pen was a sword of the spirit
That put despair to flight
And pointed a way, resplendent,
In living words of light.
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