WHEN I did wake this morn from sleep, It seemed I heard birds in a dream; Then I arose to take the air -- The lovely air that made birds scream; Just as a green hill launched the ship Of gold, to take its first clear dip. And it began its journey then, As I came forth to take the air; The timid Stars had vanished quite, The Moon was dying with a stare; Horses, and kine, and sheep were seen, As still as pictures, in fields green. It seemed as though I had surprised And trespassed in a golden world That should have passed while men still slept! The joyful birds, the ship of gold, The horses, kine, and sheep did seem As they would vanish for a dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: JANE FISHER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE DEATH OF A PHOTOGRAPHER by KAREN SWENSON WHEN WILL LOVE COME? by PAKENHAM THOMAS BEATTY THE BEAN-STALK by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY PSALM 1; DONE INTO VERSE 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE PLACE OF LOVE by S. C. BRACKETT TWO HISTORIES by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE: GERARD DE LAIRESSE by ROBERT BROWNING |