Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE UNKNOWN, by EMILE DESCHAMPS DE SAINT AMAND


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THE UNKNOWN, by                    
First Line: I saw in dream a fair unknown
Last Line: Alas! It was a dream indeed!
Alternate Author Name(s): Deschamps, Emile
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


I SAW in dream a fair unknown
More gentle than a sleeping child,
With sudden laughter lightly blown,
A fay with golden locks and wild.
'Mid daughters of the earth she flew
With Ariel for her kindred sprite,
And bore us news of heaven's delight ...

I saw you, and my dream was true!

I heard in dream a seraph fair
Sweet-singing on our human way;
And I, of some strange charm aware,
Stretched out my hands from far away;
And like the tides that swell the sea
I felt my full heart overbrim ...
And all my life in tears grow dim ...

It is a dream no more to me!

I dreamed; to me so dark the day
The hours of sleep are boon and dear,
And my deep sorrow to allay
One night the holy child drew near,
Ah! then to what must I give heed?
I heard her trembling voice above,
"Nay dear, thou must not die for love."

Alas! it was a dream indeed!





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