Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN DREAMS, by WILLIAM WATSON


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First Line: In dreams the exile cometh home
Last Line: In dreams alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Dreams; Exiles; Nightmares


IN dreams the exile cometh home;
In dreams the lost is found;
In dreams the fettered slave may roam
The world around.

In dreams thou may'st a monarch be,
And sit upon a throne.
Give thanks, that this befalleth thee
In dreams alone.





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