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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE DREAMLAND GATE, by MARY ELEANOR WILKINS FREEMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: The winds go down in peace, dear child
Last Line: "just say, ""away! Or I will tell my mother at the dreamland gate!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilkins, Mary E.
First Line: The winds go down in peace, dear child
Last Line: "just say, ""away! Or I will tell my mother at the dreamland gate!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilkins, Mary E.
The winds go down in peace, dear child,
The birds are circling o'er the sea;
The Dreamland gate before thee swings
With murmur soft as drowsy bee;
Now enter in, dear child, nor fear, nor fear lest harm
should come to thee.
Beyond the gate I cannot go,
But here I'll stand, nor stir away,
While, with the Dreamland children, thou
Shalt frolic till the break of day;
Fear not to enter in, dear child; for close beside the gate I'll stay.
And if in Dreamland's lovely woods
Some harmless giant lay in wait,
Some straggler from thy fairy tales,
He'll take to flight disconsolate--
Just say, "Away! or I will tell my mother at the Dreamland gate!
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