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A DREAM, by                    
First Line: Beneath the singing boughs and sacred stars
Last Line: The perfume of love's immortality.
Subject(s): Immortality; Love; Love - Nature Of


Beneath the singing boughs and sacred stars
I strayed in earthly paradise with you,
And dreamed of love defying time and space,
An ecstasy transcending human ties—
Where soul met soul in harmony complete,
With love enduring as the Absolute.

Since then the cool, gray days have intervened;
The glow has faded and the music ceased.
But why deplore it as a fleeting dream
Born of the heart's great longing and desire?
While lived, the dream was true; and is today,
The perfume of Love's Immortality.





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