American Literature Survey, Volume 2Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross Viking Press, 1962 - American literature |
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Page 86
... Dreams Oh ! that my life were a lasting dream ! My spirit not awak'ning till the beam Of an Eternity should bring the morrow . Yes ! tho ' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow , ' T were better than the cold reality Of waking life ...
... Dreams Oh ! that my life were a lasting dream ! My spirit not awak'ning till the beam Of an Eternity should bring the morrow . Yes ! tho ' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow , ' T were better than the cold reality Of waking life ...
Page 90
... Dream Within a Dream upon the brow ! And , in parting from you now , Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong , who deem That my days have been a dream ; Yet if hope has flown away In a night , or in a day , In a vision , or in none ...
... Dream Within a Dream upon the brow ! And , in parting from you now , Thus much let me avow- You are not wrong , who deem That my days have been a dream ; Yet if hope has flown away In a night , or in a day , In a vision , or in none ...
Page 91
... dream within a dream . I stand amid the roar Of a surf - tormented shore , And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand— How few ! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep , While I weep - while I weep ! O God ! can I ...
... dream within a dream . I stand amid the roar Of a surf - tormented shore , And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand— How few ! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep , While I weep - while I weep ! O God ! can I ...
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