WHY do I never see you in my dreams? The lips are cold that you no longer kiss; And missing you, the Universe I miss. The far stars lure me with evasive gleams, But no new Joy the dead Past's pledge redeems. Though you have found a larger world than this, Can you not spare one hour from that wide bliss? Why do I never see you in my dreams? One little touch, and I should know you near, -- One whispered word would wake my soul from sleep, And all I thought was dead, alive would be, Saved from the blank forgetfulness I fear, -- Immortal then your image I could keep, If once, just once, you would come back to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A TUFT OF GRASS by EMMA LAZARUS A PHONECALL FROM FRANK O'HARA by ANNE WALDMAN ON A DEAD CHILD by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES TIPPERARY: 3. AS THE INTERLINEARS MIGHT TAKE IT FROM XENOPHON by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE COMPLAINT by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 5 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT MAXIMS FOR THE OLD HOUSE: THE THRESHOLD by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |