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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE DREAMS, by JACK GREENBERG
First Line: When my first dream was born
Last Line: I wept—)
Subject(s): Children - Lost
First Line: When my first dream was born
Last Line: I wept—)
Subject(s): Children - Lost
When my first dream was born
I loved and coddled it
and cherished it
above all else.
(My heart was occupied—
but when it died
I wept—)
When my last dream was born
I loved it for a moment
then forgot—
I did not even see
the color of its hair.
(I know it cried and cried
so when it died
I slept—)
Now if another dream is born
I'll give that dream away
and watch it play
and watch it die—
(Then I shall know the reason why
I wept—)
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