I SAW in dream a fair unknown More gentle than a sleeping child, With sudden laughter lightly blown, A fay with golden locks and wild. 'Mid daughters of the earth she flew With Ariel for her kindred sprite, And bore us news of heaven's delight ... I saw you, and my dream was true! I heard in dream a seraph fair Sweet-singing on our human way; And I, of some strange charm aware, Stretched out my hands from far away; And like the tides that swell the sea I felt my full heart overbrim ... And all my life in tears grow dim ... It is a dream no more to me! I dreamed; to me so dark the day The hours of sleep are boon and dear, And my deep sorrow to allay One night the holy child drew near, Ah! then to what must I give heed? I heard her trembling voice above, "Nay dear, thou must not die for love." Alas! it was a dream indeed! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NICHARCHUS UPON PHIDON HIS DOCTOR by EZRA POUND SICILIAN EMIGRANT'S SONG by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON WE SAT DOWN AND WEPT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A VAGABOND SONG by BLISS CARMAN CHARLIE MACHREE by WILLIAM JAMES HOPPIN THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 68 by OMAR KHAYYAM INSCRIPTIONS: 8 by MARK AKENSIDE |