Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VISIONS, by DAVID LEE MAULSBY


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First Line: Oh, happy land, with castles fair
Last Line: Within the veil withdrawn -- in dreams?
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


OH, happy land, with castles fair,
Where blows a perfumed, fairy air;
On sunny waves light vessels glide;
A stormless sea, a gentle tide:
What nameless light upon it streams,
That country where we live -- in dreams.

Old friends return in laughing guise,
Again we gaze in trusting eyes,
Long silent voices echo still,
Forgotten scenes our pulses thrill,
From out the past the pleasure seems
To come, without the pain -- in dreams.

Will ever cloudy daylight bring
Such heartfelt words of welcoming?
Will ever come, in waking hours,
Such breezes wafting scents of flowers?
Will sober spirit catch the gleams
Within the veil withdrawn -- in dreams?





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