Dream on, for dreams are sweet:
Do not awaken!
Dream on, and at thy feet
Pomegranates shall be shaken.
Who likeneth the youth
Of life to morning?
'Tis like the night in truth,
Rose-coloured dreams adorning.
The wind is soft above,
The shadows umber.
(There is a dream called Love.)
Take thou the fullest slumber!
In Lethe's soothing stream,
Thy thirst thou slakest.
Sleep, sleep; 't is sweet to dream.
Oh, weep when thou awakest!
Dreams
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Poem topics: life, night, rose, truth, wind, morning, soft, stream, youth, slumber, love, sleep, I love you, sweet, dream, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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