Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FATA MORGANA, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: A blue-eyed phantom far before
Last Line: Lie down and sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


A blue-eyed phantom far before
Is laughing, leaping toward the sun:
Like lead I chase it evermore,
I pant and run.

It breaks the sunlight bound on bound:
Goes singing as it leaps along
To sheep-bells with a dreamy sound
A dreamy song.

I laugh, it is so brisk and gay;
It is so far before, I weep:
I hope I shall lie down some day,
Lie down and sleep.





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