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FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SLEEPER'S COUNTENANCE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE SMILES METHINKS
Last Line: AND HALF-FORGOTTEN TIMES.
Subject(s): DREAMS; LOVE; SLEEP; NIGHTMARES;

@3Duke.@1 There smiles methinks
A cherished dream, that lies upon her lips
As the word love deep written in a rose,
With which the story of our youth begins.
Could'st thou but see whose image so delights her!
@3Ziba.@1 Her thoughts are far from us in early childhood:
For 'tis our wont to dream of distant friends
And half-forgotten times.



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