Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DREAM OF DREAMS, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE


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THE DREAM OF DREAMS, by                    
First Line: However real it seem, / sleeping we or waking
Last Line: Life is a dream, a dream?
Subject(s): Dreams; Humanity; Life; Nightmares


HOWEVER real it seem,
Sleeping we or waking,
Giving we or taking,
True, or all-forsaking,—
Life is a dream, a dream!

Shineth there a gleam
That gives it sudden sweetness,
Sadly we feel its fleetness,
Fading to incompleteness;—
Life is a dream, a dream!

Ah! when we would redeem
April from drear December,
Fresh fire from waning ember,
Why must we then remember
Life is a dream, a dream?





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