Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM, by FREDERICK E. PIETZUCH First Line: What is this dream, this changing form Last Line: And angry billows tear the twain apart. Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares | ||||||||
What is this dream, this changing form Appearing now as darkness, now as light, That holds within its great fantastic arm The fate of such a tranquil summer night? Its rolling color billows now effect A bacchanal of wild chaotic glee, And on a pleasant memory project A panorama of tumultuous sea. Behold! a light gleams through the firmament -- A gentle white with tints of purest gold; So calmly and so peacefully content It seems within that furious enfold. Oh, God! that I could grasp that sweetest light And hold it ever more against my heart! Alas! I reach for it with all my might, And angry billows tear the twain apart. | 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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