Tag Archive for: dream
The Soldier’s Dream
War and ConflictThe Soldier's Dream
1541
Our bugles sang truce, for the night cloud had lowered,
And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky;
And thousands had sunk on the ground over- powered
The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die
When reposing…
An Attic Dream
Hope and MotivationAn Attic Dream
2441
All day the rain had softly beat
Its music on the window pane;
All day had tapped, like tiny feet,
Upon the shingles brown with stain
Up in the attic long and low,
Strung on the rafters overhead
Were pennyroyal, thyme…
Castle Dream
Grief and MourningCastle Dream
1696
Come with me my little tuddle down to sleep: one, and
The sun has gone, the moon is up the stars come out to peep
The little blossoms down the lanes have closed their eyes for rest
And every little bird, my dear, is in…
Mary’s Dream
DeathMarry's Dream
1805
The moon had climbed the highest hill
That rises o'er the source of Deo,
And from her eastern summit shed
Her silvery light on tower and tree
When Mary laid her down to sleep,
Her thoughts on Bandy, for at sea,
When…