Dream, You are too much For this frail strength. How can I make you Less a dream? Once I thought that dreams Were fragile as the velvet dust Upon the wings of moths. But you are strong; You lash unmercifully! Perhaps I am too small For this great dream; And, Failing to bring it into Conscious being -- Will ever bear its scar. This dream, unrealized, Unsung, Will take its vengeance Crying for expression. Dream, How can I make you Less a dream? Be reality, Or vanish into Nebulous nothingness. You are too much For this frail strength. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GROWING GRAY by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON POEM FOR PICTURE: TO AN OIL PAINTING BY WINSLOW HOMER (DRIFTWOOD) by FRANK ANKENBRAND JR. INSCRIPTION IN NETHER STOREY CHURCH IN MEMORY OF RICHARD CAMPLIN by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES A CAPTAIN OF THE PRESS-GANG by BLISS CARMAN A GREEK IDYL by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS |