Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DREAM, by MAUD MORRISON HUEY


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THE DREAM, by                    
First Line: Oh, mother o' mine, did you dream a dream
Last Line: When the west wind haunts the hill.
Subject(s): Dreams; Mothers; Nightmares


Oh, mother o' mine, did you dream a dream,—
A dream that was only begun,—
That the heart of me should tug at the leash
When the hungering west winds run?—
Tug at the leash and long to be free,—
Like the west wind, tortured and tossed,—
Seeking the frozen hills in the dark,
For a little dream that is lost?

Did you dream a dream, Oh, mother o' mine,
A dream that would not depart,
And to hide it away from the mocking world
Did you tuck it into my heart?—
Deep away in the heart o' me,
Where it lies, star-eyed and still;
Till the hungering west wind comes again,
Haunting the frozen hill.

What does it say of the way, of the way
That the little dream would go?—
Would it lead my tender trembling feet
Out through the wastes of snow?—
"Away to the heights, to the heights, to the heights!"
Some day, little dream, be still,
For the tug of the leash I may not bear
When the west wind haunts the hill.





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