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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM, by MARY ENOLA RUDOLPH
First Line: Last night I dreamed of mystic isles
Last Line: Of a loneliness for something lost.
Subject(s): Dreams; Ships - Abandoning Of; Solitude; Nightmares; Loneliness
First Line: Last night I dreamed of mystic isles
Last Line: Of a loneliness for something lost.
Subject(s): Dreams; Ships - Abandoning Of; Solitude; Nightmares; Loneliness
Last night I dreamed of mystic isles
In a shoreless sea where the crafty wiles
Of wind and wave with merciless sweep
Spread over the fathomless, trackless deep.
There were low-thatched huts and balsam and palm
The length of the isles and a fragrant balm
From the healing trees soothed the mind's unrest
In its seeking, searching, tireless quest.
On this chartless sea phantom ships were adrift,
They would leave silent moorings as anchors would lift,
And suddenly fade in a misty haze
Of opaline tints in lavender-grays.
A feeling of sadness swept over my heart,
For these dwindling masts and hulls seemed a part
Of life's futile plans and the bitter cost
Of a loneliness for something lost.
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