Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DREAMS, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We have our dreams; not happiness Last Line: Nor care a penny what we dream Subject(s): Cities; Dreams; Urban Life; Nightmares | ||||||||
WE have our dreams; not happiness. Great cities are upon the hill To lighten all our dream, and still We have no cities to possess But cities built of bitterness. We see gay fellows top to toe, And girls in rainbow beauty bright -- 'Tis but of silly dreams I write, For up and down the streets we know, The scavengers and harlots go. Give me a dozen men whose theme Is honesty, and we will set On high the banner of dreams . . . and yet Thousands will pass us in a stream, Nor care a penny what we dream | 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 |
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