Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DREAM, by THOMAS STANLEY


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First Line: That I might ever dream thus! That some power
Last Line: Or if thou wilt away, leave her behind.
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


THAT I might ever dream thus! that some power
To my eternal sleep would join this hour!
So, willingly deceiv'd, I might possess
In seeming joys a real happiness.
Haste not away: oh do not dissipate
A pleasure thou so lately didst create!
Stay, welcome Sleep; be ever here confin'd;
Or if thou wilt away, leave her behind.





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