Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOR A DREAM'S SAKE, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO


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FOR A DREAM'S SAKE, by                    
First Line: I threw from me my sweetest boon
Last Line: For a dream's sake.
Subject(s): Dreams; Memory; Nightmares


I threw from me my sweetest boon,
And all my life a void did make,
I tried to feed my heart on husks,
For a dream's sake.

Out of the world's wild vortexes
I tried forgetfulness to take;
Fair dreams, sweet yearnings, — all I crushed
For a dream's sake.

Out of my heart I plucked a hope,
Out of my memory's folds did shake
The rosy mists that clothed the past, —
For a dream's sake.

I hung my harp upon a tree —
A weeping willow in a lake —
And all its silvery chords are snapped,
For a dream's sake.

My life is done while yet 'tis morn;
My heart, ne'er more, will trembling wake;
Hope, joy, love, youth, all — all are lost
For a dream's sake.





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