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Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream! My spirit not awak'ning till the beam Of an Eternity should bring the morrow. Yes! tho' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow, 'T were better than the cold reality Of waking life, to him whose heart must be, And hath been still, upon the lovely earth, A chaos of deep passion, from his birth. But should it be--that dream eternally Continuing--as dreams have been to me In my young boyhood--should it thus be giv'n, 'T were folly still to hope for higher Heav'n. For I have revell'd, when the sun was bright I' the summer sky, in dreams of living light And loveliness,--have left my very heart In climes of mine imagining, apart From mine own home, with beings that have been Of mine own thought--what more could I have seen? 'T was once--and only once--and the wild hour From my remembrance shall not pass--some pow'r Or spell had bound me--'t was the chilly wind Came o'er me in the night, and left behind Its image on my spirit--or the moon Shone on my slumbers in her lofty noon Too coldly--or the stars--howe'er it was, That dream was as that night-wind--let it pass. I have been happy, tho' but in a dream. I have been happy--and I love the theme: Dreams! in their vivid coloring of life, As in that fleeting, shadowy, misty strife Of semblance with reality which brings To the delirious eye, more lovely things Of Paradise and Love--and all our own! Than young Hope in his sunniest hour hath known.

Enter a literary realm filled with the Romance, Nature and Wisdom of centuries. A journey through the virtual windows of the mind. Points of light abound throughout these pages, illuminating many concepts, that have been neglected through the passage of time. ...easily, one of the most book-marked poetry collections on the Internet!

Poets and Poetry: Poets and Poetry: ever expanding, Aspirennies.com houses an exquisite selection of some of the most celebrated poets from around the World! At Aspirennies.com, one can leisurely enjoy extensive biographies, unforgettable quotations, meticulously selected essentials for understanding each poet -- and his/her contributions to the World, impressive poetry samples, book collections and original reviews. For example: William Blake, Elizabeth Browning, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Frost, Johann von Goethe, Pablo Neruda, Edgar Allan Poe, Aleksandr Pushkin, Percy B. Shelley, Henry David Thoreau, William Butler Yeats...and more!

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