A Dreamer? Yes.
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Title
A Dreamer? Yes.
Description
A dreamer? Yes. Why not? You have your way.
You think, perhaps you even dream. I know
Not if you dream like me; but whether so
Or otherwise, have you ne'er felt the day
Steal to your heart and bring the light and play
Of incompleted want? Hath heard winds blow
At night a requiem for the dead? Stars show
You where, beyond their light, saints find a stay?
Ah, well, tis not your fault - you love the earth,
I love the night and shade that living brings.
You breathe, 'tis true - what else? You say you live.
I have my doubts of that. You nothing give,
You nothing see or feel. He lives who clings
To Hope and finds of life's fond dreams no dearth.
You think, perhaps you even dream. I know
Not if you dream like me; but whether so
Or otherwise, have you ne'er felt the day
Steal to your heart and bring the light and play
Of incompleted want? Hath heard winds blow
At night a requiem for the dead? Stars show
You where, beyond their light, saints find a stay?
Ah, well, tis not your fault - you love the earth,
I love the night and shade that living brings.
You breathe, 'tis true - what else? You say you live.
I have my doubts of that. You nothing give,
You nothing see or feel. He lives who clings
To Hope and finds of life's fond dreams no dearth.
Creator
W.H.A. Moore
Source
4:36, p. 2
Date
1891.05.30
Collection
Citation
W.H.A. Moore, “A Dreamer? Yes.,” Periodical Poets, accessed October 18, 2024, https://periodicalpoets.com/items/show/520.
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