Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NOTHING LEFT BUT DREAMS, by MARTHA TAYLOR


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NOTHING LEFT BUT DREAMS, by                    
First Line: The dreams of youth are dreams of hope
Last Line: We've nothing left but dreams.
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


The dreams of youth are dreams of hope
Distilled from magic brew,
While future years give time and scope
To make those dreams come true,
But disappointments crowd the years
Youth's vision cannot span;
We learn, through wrestling doubts and fears,
To do the best we can.

The dreams of age look ever back
To conquests, lost or won;
To hopes that full fruition lack,
Or joys that now are done.
So ageless fancy drugs the mind
With visionary themes
Until, at last, we wake to find
We've nothing left but dreams.





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