Love
Sleeping and Waking
From The Poetical Works, ed. John Nichol (1875), vol. 1
Love
I had a dream — I lay upon thy breast,
In that sweet place where we lay long ago:
I thought the morning woodbine to and fro
With playful shadows whipped away my rest,
And in my sleep I cried to thee, too blest,
'Rise, oh my love, the morning sun is bright.
Let us arise, oh love, let us arise;
The flowers awake, the lark is in the skies,
I will array myself in my delight,
And we will — J and I woke to death and night
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MLA
Dobell, Sydney. “Sleeping and Waking.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dobell/59/.
Chicago
Dobell, Sydney. “Sleeping and Waking.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dobell/59/.
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