I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? And that I was a maiden Queen Guarded by an Angel mild: Witless woe was ne'er beguiled! And I wept both night and day, And he wiped my tears away; And I wept both day and night, And hid from him my heart's delight. So he took his wings, and fled; Then the morn blushed rosy red. I dried my tears, and armed my fears With ten-thousand shields and spears. Soon my Angel came again; I was armed, he came in vain; For the time of youth was fled, And grey hairs were on my head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LIVING TEMPLE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER MORAL by THOMAS HOOD THE PRESENT CRISIS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A SONG TO DAVID by CHRISTOPHER SMART THE INDIGNANT CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS OF BENEVOLENCE: AN EPISTLE TO EUMENES by JOHN ARMSTRONG |