Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DREAM, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY


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DREAM, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I see a spirit
Last Line: But I, myself,—alas!
Subject(s): Dreams; Old Age; Nightmares


I SEE a spirit
Young and eager,
Beautiful, too, I think,
(Although I cannot see it clearly)
It is, by right of its own being,
One with all lovely, youthful things;
And they, its age-old kindred,
Welcome it
Saying, "Come, you too are one of us!"

This spirit is my own happy ghost—
But I, myself,—alas!





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