I FELL asleep, and had a dream -- Which even now, doth linger near; Methought, that in my arms, I held, One who to me, is very dear; I drank her warm breath rapt'ously, As her soft arms my neck entwined -- She pressed a kiss -- it was too much! I woke in trembling joy divine. It was too much, indeed, for me; What were my feelings, when I found -- The certainty of my fair love, Was, cuddling in my lap, my hound? I rose and dashed him savagely Upon the ground, with one sound kick -- And as my slumb'ring sense returned, I saw him marching, double quick. |