Remembering your music in the night, I woke from dreams, and listening I heard Ethereal voices where the zephyr stirred Amid the green leaves trembling with delight; From distant fields down airy paths moon-white, Floated from time to time a fairy word, Melodious, -- the lyric of some bird That sang to cheer its solitary flight. Then Sleep's soft fingers brushed mine eyelids o'er, The zephyr hushed, the bird's voice fainter grew Until at last I slumbered as before, To dream again, and in this dream I knew A song familiar and love's voice once more, And love -- which is another name for you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MEASURE OF THE YEAR by JAMES GALVIN THE SMALL SELF AND THE LIBERAL SELF by JAMES GALVIN HOPE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LETHE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON RETURN (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COONEY POTTER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |