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ONLY A DREAM.
A dream of glory and youth and faith,And a love that should last through life and death.
A dream of a face with violet eyes,
And a smile of a tender, sweet surprise.
With a golden frame of wavy, soft hair,
Of a maiden at once both pure and fair.
A glorious dream, while erst it did last,
That illumined so brightly all my past,—
A dream that was lighted by Hope's bright gleam,
Through golden days,—but only a Dream.
September 13th, 1864.
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