Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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THE WAKING DREAMERS,
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THE WAKING DREAMERS,
AN EPIGRAM.
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'Tis not who dream they're broad awake,Nor all who sleep that dream,
Their fancies for existence take,
Or think the ocean, cream.
II
'Tis men awake that talk in sleep,As strange as it may seem;
The fools, that dare Perdition's steep,
And cry, “'Tis all a dream!”
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