Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-12-19

TIE LAND OF DREAMS.

THE LAND OF DREAMS.
The annexed r~oeticaI production, is from the
rea of Mr.. Parker, aud selected from a work o.
bis, ssihled "The Drausht Of Immortality
Whihs realm, the poem. we have been p"r''c'
u,.rly xratided, xnd believing That it will graft
~ orr patrons, we lay It before them for thei'
psru,al.
Where i. the land Of Dreams!
Ths land where sleepers sec
There ,,no 9TH anil silent streams
So calm anil silvery!
Those trees that are rs 'tHl
A. the shades OF trees below,
When they sleep on the lonely hill
Ia the summer moor'ight's glow?
Where i, the Land of Dreams-Ah where:
ror I would be a dweller there.
There, glorious temples shine,
Thick frosted DER with gems
Unknown in earthly mine,
Or earthly diadems: ,
And ever blooming bowers
In din anil dewy dells.
All formed Of light and flowers,
And The oceans g'iiterins shells;
Where such low music floats around
Al twerc the shadow ola sound.
Upon the ocean shore
or that res?ienient land,
Where the emerald waters pour
Upon a silvery sand,
The traveller may stray
With sleep. his silent guide.
All watch the forms tina, play
Upon that glorious tide,
Dim and faint as the mis;s that break
Al sunrise, from a mountain lake.
He nav ser the Nereids there,
Each in her pearly she'll.
Wnh long AMI dazzling hair,
Float on the oceans swell;
AMI hear the rushing sweep
or the Tritoas, RS they dash
la.o fnam The 81 arkling leap;
whit Il my monsters Hash
And tos. upon the sunny sen,
r., the roar Of the s~ea-so,l's minstrelsy.
Where j. the Land Of Dreams?
Where the hearts, that earth divides,
Nav meet like winter streams,
When spring uubinds their tides;
Who're, for a little space,
Unchecked a-d nnrcproycd
We ga1s upon Inc face.
We have 30 fonJly Lowell!
And lose awhile the gloom Of wo
That shadows our sad love below.
The mariner, who goes
From his weary watch ou deck,
When the ,,ij,isht biilow throws
Its shadows Ger The wreck,
Forget. awhile the bark.
With mast. all hewn away.
That drifts through storm and dark,
Across its pathiess way;
Aud TO the Dream-land, fair and Ear!
Flies from the tempests sullen jar.
He sees his cottage tha.cI,
By the widowed rivers side
And the bank, where he would watch
The white sails downward glide,
When the morning mist lay still
On the broad grey rivers beast,
And sunrise fringed the hill
As with a golden crest,
And the sky. lark warbled from his shroud,
The thin white, summer morning cl u.
Where is that shadowy place.
Where the weary horse and hound
Renew The fiery chase
To the bugle's sylvan sounR
Where they brush the dew again
From the clover anil the thorn,
While cop.e and woody glen
Echo the wild. wild horn;
AuI the packs glad bay, and the huntsman
cheer
Fall faint upon the drcamer's ear.
oh! where is the land where friends
Meet in those lent hours,
When the starlight dew descends
Upon the rlcepy flowers,
There the changed, the coll, the dead,
Rsturn, anil with them bring
That blessed light which shed
Such joy DER LIES young spring..
A. stars, that fade from morning skies,
Rise bright again when daylight dies.
Where IS the Land Of Dreams oh where?
For | would be a dweller there.