The Dream to Come; And Other Poems (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...and the soul's immortality " E'en now old longings will haunt me, and wrap me in misty maze, Till my life seems to glide once again to the dreams of those bygone days." III. He ceased: and e'en in my vision, I knew that I needs must move On the highway to Fame, or stray on the dangerous by-paths of Lovel Then I heard a melody sweet, beyond all the powers of speech, And all that the farthest flights of Fancy ever could reach, --Such music as seraphs make, all earthly cares above, -Whose majestic concords vibrating tell of a deathless love The leafless trees had vanished, and summer had come again; And my heart had escaped from its torture of restless and aching pain: The willows kissed the love-lorn lilies that wept on the river; The nightingales took up the song-, in notes that will live for ever; And the moonlight tenderly lingered, spending its life to grace The angel beauty that shone on a strangely idyllic face: And the winds of the night low whispered their old and unwearying lay, Till the clouds, in their bridal sheen, unbarred the gates of the day; Then, all the Fates of my destiny smiled, unwinding a silken skein; But a shadow darkened the sky, and the.chords were all snapt in twain IV. Though Time has stolen those hours, their mem'ry I fain would nurse Away in some emerald grot, where the Earth and its noisy curse And its passions are lost in a calm, and the wear of its eager thought Vexeth no more the soul with problems that come to nought: There, I would linger in dreams of a limitless exstacy, And merge all this mortal night in the bliss of Eternity V. O my love the angels were whispering hope that night--Will ever these sunless skies be changed by a dawning as bright?--O mists of the earth so dense, which hide my lost love from...