Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DAY-DREAMS, by EMILU ANDREWS THOMPSON


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DAY-DREAMS, by                    
First Line: Dreamy-eyed, pensive; slender hand on knee
Last Line: What matters fortune, if you keep your dreams --
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


Dreamy-eyed, pensive; slender hand on knee --
Your thoughts, like winging birds, in swift release
Soar far beyond the somber, cobalt sea,
From which the storm-clouds rear their angry fleece.
Wistful you gaze; your mind in eager flight
To other shores -- what holds your searching glance?
A clipper, rising sheer in azure height,
Swift symbol of adventure and romance ...

Perhaps the shifting realms of cloudland mold
Turret and spire, grand castles in the air ...
Tall-masted argosies, with freight of gold,
Fair conquest for the ones that do and dare ...
Shy lad, with eyes as clear as mountain-streams,
What matters fortune, if you keep your dreams --





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