Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LOST THOUGHT, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY


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THE LOST THOUGHT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a thought that through my mind
Last Line: If 'twas that thought I dreamed!
Subject(s): Children; Thought; Childhood; Thinking


THERE was a thought that through my mind
Sped with a whirling glow,
It was more wild and beautiful
Than other thoughts I know—
Oh, much more beautiful and wild
Than thoughts which come and go!

It rose within me like a dawn
That hides a singing bird,
It left an echo of a song
Sweeter than songs I've heard—
Oh, sweeter far than any song
My ears have ever heard.

All day I've searched inside my mind—
Sometimes it almost seemed
I caught an echo and a glow,
But mother says I dreamed—
Oh, I should like to dream again
If 'twas that thought I dreamed!





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