Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DREAMERS OF DREAMS, by WILLIAM HERBERT CARRUTH Poet's Biography First Line: We are all of us dreamers of dreams Last Line: When the last of his dreams is dead. Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares | ||||||||
We are all of us dreamers of dreams, On visions our childhood is fed; And the heart of the child is unhaunted, it seems, By the ghosts of dreams that are dead. From childhood to youth's but a span, And the years of our life are soon sped; But the youth is no longer a youth, but a man, When the first of his dreams is dead. 'Tis as a cup of wormwood and gall, When the doom of a great dream is said; And the best of a man is under the pall, When the best of his dreams is dead. He may live on by compact and plan, When the fine bloom of living is shed; But God pity the little that's left of a man When the last of his dreams is dead. Let him show a brave face if he can, Let him woo fame or fortune instead; Yet there's not much to do but to bury a man, When the last of his dreams is dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS EACH IN HIS OWN TONGUE by WILLIAM HERBERT CARRUTH |
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