Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DREAM OF LOVE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS


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A DREAM OF LOVE, by                    
First Line: Without the world was beautiful
Last Line: And clinging lips confess.
Subject(s): Dreams; Hearts; Kisses; Love; Nightmares


Without the world was beautiful
With colors bright and gay,
While fragrant from the meadows came
The scent of new-mown hay.
I heard the tinkle of a bell
From somewhere far away;
My pillow never was so soft
As on that summer day.

The birds sang sweetly in the trees
A happy roundelay;
And, like Love's kisses, came the touch
Of breezes soft at play
Wafting perfume and pleasant sounds
From near and from afar;
The song of birds, the scent of flowers,
Past casement sash ajar.

'Twas then with fading consciousness
Came Love the casement through,
And what he brought that summer day
Was just a dream of you.
'Twas there in that fair land of dreams
I felt thy soft caress,
The fragrance of thy loveliness,
And clinging lips confess.





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