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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DREAM LIFE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Always the world has ever been Last Line: That gossamer my breast. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Life | |||
Always the world has ever been A fairy-land to me. No road was just a common road No tree a common tree. Each road was an enchanted trail To find a crystal sea I ran along with skip and jump At random, fancy-free. About each tree-trunk hung a spell Whose pebbles, bits of glass In hidden nests were images To bring my dreams to pass. I never went a-journeying But that I ended lost, For I sped down the avenue A-flame and fancy-tossed. Ah me! my life has ever been A fragment from a jest Torn from the tangled web of dreams That gossamer my breast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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