Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WEAVER OF DREAMS, by MARJORIE EDITH KAHL


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THE WEAVER OF DREAMS, by                    
First Line: The weaver of dreams is a gay little man
Last Line: "finds infinite joy in the giving."
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


The Weaver of Dreams is a gay little man
With a coat of the brightest hue,
And he sings as he weaves with the beams of light
Gay dreams for me and you.

His rough brown face is wreathed with smiles
As he bends o'er his endless task,
For long and gay as a sunny day
Are the dreams the mortals ask.

I crept to the hut of the weaver one day
And sat watching the dreams as they grew,
And I asked him if I might learn his trade.
His fingers nimbly flew.

And he said, "If you'll ride with the sun at dawn
And gather his dyes, and then
Catch dew and the early songs of birds
Before the waking of men;

"The careless laughter of fountain and brook,
The sheen of a butterfly's wing,
The blue of the sky with clouds floating by,
And many a fairy ring;

"And weave them in intricate patterns of light
With color, and love, and song,
Then a weaver of dreams you may surely be
A-weaving the whole day long.

"For the mortals beg for a shimmery dream
To lead them away from living;
And a spinner of fancies and weaver of dreams
Finds infinite joy in the giving."





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