Sunday, September 29, 2013

Dreams by Paul Laurence Dunbar

What dreams we have and how they fly
Like rosy clouds across the sky;         
Of wealth, of fame, of sure success,          Of love that comes to cheer and bless;
And how they wither, how they fade,
The waning wealth, the jilting jade —          The fame that for a moment gleams,          Then flies forever, —dreams, ah —dreams!

O burning doubt and long regret
O tears with which our eyes are wet,          Heart-throbs, heart-aches, the glut of pain,The somber cloud, the bitter rain,
You were not of those dreams — ah! well,Your full fruition who can tell?          Wealth, fame, and love, ah! love that beams         
Upon our souls, all dreams — ah! dreams

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