Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DREAM LOVE, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography First Line: I did not deem it half so sweet Last Line: But beauty's self in you. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Beauty; Dreams; Love; Nightmares | ||||||||
I DID not deem it half so sweet To feel thy gentle hand, As in a dream thy soul to greet Across wide leagues of land. Untouched more near to draw to you Where, amid radiant skies, Glimmered thy plumes of iris hue, My Bird of Paradise. Let me dream only with my heart, Love first, and after see: Know thy diviner counterpart Before I kneel to thee. So in thy motions all expressed Thy angel I may view: I, shall not on thy beauty rest, But beauty's self in you. | 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 A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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