Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MIRAGE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: The hope I dreamed of was a dream
Last Line: From a dream's sake.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Love; Mirages


The hope I dreamed of was a dream,
Was but a dream; and now I wake
Exceeding comfortless and worn and old,
For a dream's sake.
I hang my harp upon a tree,
A weeping willow in a lake;
I hang my silenced harp there, wrung and snapped,
For a dream's sake.
Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart;
My silent heart, lie still and break:
Life and the world and mine own self are changed,
From a dream's sake.






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