In the first dream I saw a woman, radiant, whom I knew but could not name or recognize - her face was Light. In the second i faced the same frustration, and awoke with the hope that it would be a certain one. In the last there was a face, and though an unfamiliar one i knew who she is.
Here they are then, what has been, and continues to be, my frustration, what i hope will be your pleasure, maybe even inspiration.
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(1) Twice have i seen you
Twice have i seen you now
as through a foggy dream
so near to me you draw,
and yet have i no name to call,
no face in Day's light seen
to which i may assuredly avow -
Two times to me you've come,
and twice is my heart gone.
Hence am i once more left,
to further dread my wake
and anon hold to sleep
as that one last reprieve,
during which i may take
you into my arms 'til then bereft
of you, but then never again,
if smiled upon by Providence.
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(2) To have that dream be you
To have that dream be you,
what would i not deny?
That you may know,
pay heed
with your heart's sight
that i may show -
the heavens, Earth and seas,
my very life,
all these by you
are naught to me.
And if in that sweet dream
i were to see a face,
and God yours let it be,
may He me save
and i be deemed,
for ever and eternally,
to your love's servant be.
There is naught i would not do,
you know,
to have that dream be you.
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(3) Stay, that you not leave
I ask you, love,
come not to me
again
but if you must,
i beg, then,
stay.
Come to me
not, in dreams
of day or
night or other
forms of thought.
Come to me
not at all,
but stay,
lest you should
leave again.
Wow, truly awesome. absolutely beautiful.
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