160
A DREAM.
A DREAM.
ACK again, darling? O day of delight!How I have longed for you, morning and night!
Watched for you, pined for you, all the days through,
Craving no boon and no blessing but you,—
Prayed for you, plead for you, sought you in vain,
Striving forever to find you again,—
Counting all anguish as naught, if I might
Clasp you again as I clasp you to-night!
O, I have sorrowed and suffered so much
Since I last answered your lips' loving touch,—
Through the night-watches, in daylight's broad beams,
Anguished by visions and tortured by dreams,—
Dreams so replete with bewildering pain,
Still it is throbbing in heart and in brain:
O, for I dreamed,—keep me close to your side,
Darling, O darling!—I dreamed you had died!
Since I last answered your lips' loving touch,—
Through the night-watches, in daylight's broad beams,
Anguished by visions and tortured by dreams,—
Dreams so replete with bewildering pain,
Still it is throbbing in heart and in brain:
O, for I dreamed,—keep me close to your side,
Darling, O darling!—I dreamed you had died!
