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THE DREAM AND THE REALITY by DOROTHY CAMERON

First Line: SHE STOOD, TO DREAM A MOMENT IN THE STREET
Last Line: TO MEET HER LOVER IN THE TENEMENT.
Subject(s): DREAMS;

She stood, to dream a moment in the street,
And dreaming, saw a starlit balcony,
Where milk-white petals fell beneath her feet,
And minstrels sang a vibrant melody.
In lovely gown, with pearls against her throat,
She waited for her love to warm her sight;
A near cathedral struck a soft bell-note,
That echoed sweetly on the summer night.

She saw him coming, straight he was, and tall,
With eager eyes, and hair as black as jet;
Swiftly, he climbed the moon-swept garden wall,
As Romeo would climb to Juliet.

She sighed, and turning on her way, she went
To meet her lover in the tenement.



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