Love
In a Dream
From My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889)
She came but for a little while,
Yet with a wondrous gleam;
She left within my soul her smile,
The Darling of my Dream!
O face too clear for sorrow or tear,
Too real for masks that seem;
I seek, but shall not find her Here,
The Darling of my Dream!
I wonder do you wait for me
Beside the glad Life-stream,
Or under the Leaf-of -Healing tree —
You Darling of my Dream!
O sometimes lift your veil by night,
And let one beauty-beam
Fill all my life for days with light,
You Darling of my Dream!
Codex Note
From the section "Songs" of My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889).
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Massey, Gerald. “In a Dream.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/148/.
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Massey, Gerald. “In a Dream.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/148/.
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