In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed -- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted. Ah! what is not a dream by day To him whose eyes are cast On things around him with a ray Turned back upon the past? That holy dream -- that holy dream, While all the world were chiding, Hath cheered me as a lovely beam A lonely spirit guiding. What though that light, thro' storm and night, So trembled from afar -- What could there be more purely bright In Truth's day-star? [1927-1845] | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEDTIME by FRANCIS ROBERT ST. CLAIR ERSKINE EULALIE; A SONG by EDGAR ALLAN POE SONGS OF TRAVEL: 45. TO S.R. CROCKETT by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE MILKMAID by JEFFREYS TAYLOR THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL (VERSION 2) by WILLIAM BLAKE |