Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DREAM, by LOLA RIDGE


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THE DREAM, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have a dream
Last Line: Where shall I pour my dream?
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawson, David, Mrs.
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


I have a dream
To fill the golden sheath of a remembered day.

Air
Heavy and massed and blue
as the vapor of opium . . .
Domes
Fired in sulphurous mist . . .
Sea
Quiescent as a gray seal,
And the emerging sun
Spurting up gold
over Sydney smoke-pale,
rising out of the bay.

But the day is an upturned cup,
And its sun a junk of red iron
Guttering in sluggish-green water.
Where shall I pour my dream?





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