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From the Land of Dreams

By John Todhunter. With an introduction by T. W. Rolleston

Todhunter, John (1839-1916)

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DREAMS

How oft in this mad world we lose our way,
Dazed by the glamour of Love's romantic moon,
Or young Ambition's meteors, fading soon,
In the fierce light of disenchanting day!
And yet by dreams we live, our house of clay

Haunted by dead men's dreams. Dreamers have hewn
Columns for Wisdom's temple, where each June
Brings dewy flowers to crown her seers grown grey.
The gods reveal themselves in dreams. In dreams
We feel the unseen Spirit whose power impels
The labouring earth. To dream is still to hope,
Hope leads our upward feet. Our dreams are spells
To wake the god within. Dreaming we grope
After the splendour that before us gleams.