Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-13
STAR.
THE LAND OF DREAMS.
BIT. K. HRRvRY.

The world-the dreary world Of dreams,
Why nNst the spirit tread
All night, besides its moaning streams,
And alleys CT the dead ,
Mus: he, who rises up to grieve,
Lie down again to weep!
Oh for the long and quiet eve
Which brings the heavy sleep,
That lays the faint and aching head
At length, upon adreamless bed.
And yet, in youth, how beautiful
Was that enchanted land.
What matchless flowers used to Gull
Within its haunted strand.
WHIT z rgeous visions spread the wing
Amid IL twill e At shades;
And Oh what shapes went, reckoning
Alongit moon!it glades
The deWy showers and silver CLEANS
That sweetened all the land Of dreams
Alas the world of rest II takes
Too IN ch the day world $ part.
Athletic him who sleeps or wakes
The shows it b ings the heart;
Still a. toe waking eye grows dim,
The dreaming gathers gloom
But sleep has not ghost for him
Whose wor d has not a tomb;
The shadows of lies outer sky
Make darkness for the dreaner's eye!
The land Ct dreams, how sad Il In
Upon that silent shore,
To meet the eye whose glance, In this,
Shall meet me neves more
All why must midnight's grief or fear
Replace the dIy's despair;
Or they who went, to gri We me- here,
Come back, to grieve me, there;
tlr rOlcss MI mine eyes with tears
Whose SILENCE has been wept FOR years.
The land OF dreams-tte phantom land
Where all things are in vain,-
W hat is il but the widest strand
OF meInorv's wild domain!
Beyond the drJwSy sea Of sleep
That uHmApped region lies,
Where thousand shadows cross and creep
Beneath the sunless skies;
And sOunds-all e EOes-make its air
More dreary far than silence were!
And oh its dark and spectral shades,
That chill Us with their glooms
Its paths that open moOnii9 ut glades,
To bring u. up 10 tOmbs
Sad-very sad Il Is to stray
Within the land Of Gr-Sms,
Where long, dim vistas stretch away
To far ana viewless streams
Which send a mu muT 10 the years,
That makes the pillow wet with tears
And then the mournful things we meet!
(Twas scarce more sad TO pdTt,)
Low signs that-once how sweet, hotc sweet
Fall cold upon the heart
ID a. wasted Iorms-OE earth how bright,
Faint tones Of other wears;
And smiles that, in their wan pale light
Are sadder far than tears;
And friend that valniy stretch inc hand
To clasp us in the dreaming land.
Ard set, upon tina: shsdowy COAST,
one Diss>ed spot is flung
Oh, early gain'd and early lost
The dreamlaRd Of the y0ung
There childhood comes, who sails to seek
At fT>t, the phantom shore;
But eyes that weeping hath made weak
May find it never more;
The mist that dims LIES waking view
Shuts out those happy valleys too
Oh, blessed youth when Fancy's art
Paints, all in colors brave,
Her landscapes on the w king heirt,
And each without grave,
For such, the dream land-earth and air
Is full Of gledness; yet
No desert hath ii of despair
Nor val ey OF re- ret;
But singing birds and singing streams
Make musical the land OF dreams
Lost Eden OF the world cf dreams. -
Mine-n.in5 In better years -
1 see no more 20 trace thy streams
Because Of mine own tears
My soul nath lost its e-rly gales
Ny bark is laden deep,
And "a nfully and slow il sails
Unto Ia Shores OF sls ep,-
wear Iolrse-frOm bOyhood's far
ana steering Dy oarken u star.
And so, torch the dreaming land
Upon Us widest shore,
dIeary SEA and q cary strand
Tn" spirits LaDrsd5r;
Oh never more ITS 1Owery heights
stand out, TO NEE NINE ewes;
And most az al youth 5 guiding lights
Have fallen from l fe's skies
And hope that was IN, pilot then,
VIII never sail with me again!
The world Of dreams there Is sleep,
ooh for tRGt sleeping sea y
A darz an still nd stornless deep,
Tat leacs no more to thee -
Beyond lts waters spread the strand
That holds the loved and lost,
The all Of \, bich the dr. aming-iand
Can only show the gAOst -
How beautiful should De Its light
TIC eyes long used 10 weep
Why tarrie'h the long, dim night
To bring the slrmber deep,
Which lays the worn and Wei ry head
AT length, upon dreamless bed
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