Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF ONLY THE DREAMS ABIDE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography First Line: If the things of earth must pass Last Line: If only the dreams abide. Subject(s): Change; Dreams; Grief; Nightmares; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
IF the things of earth must pass Like the dews upon the grass, Like the mists that break and run At the forward sweep of the sun, I shall be satisfied If only the dreams abide. Nay, I would not be shorn Of gold from the mines of morn! I would not be bereft Of the last blue flower in the cleft, -- Of the haze that haunts the hills, Or the moon that the midnight fills! Still would I know the grace Upon love's uplifted face, And the slow, sweet joy-dawn there Under the dusk of her hair. I pray thee, spare me, Fate, The woeful, wearying weight Of a heart that feels no pain At the sob of the autumn rain, And takes no breath of glee From the organ-surge of the sea, -- Of a mind where memory broods Over songless solitudes! I shall be satisfied If only the dreams abide. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS |
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