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THE DREAM by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND

First Line: IN FAIREST GARDEN WANDERED
Last Line: HE IN A DUNGEON LAY.
Subject(s): DREAMS; KISSES; LOVE; NIGHTMARES;

IN fairest garden wandered
Two lovers hand in hand:
Two pale and phantom beings,
They sate in a flowery land.

On the cheek they kissed each other,
They kissed with mouth to mouth;
They lay in close embraces,
They were fair and full of youth.

Two dismal bells were pealing,
The dream had passed away --
She in her convent chamber,
He in a dungeon lay.



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