The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-26
A DREAM,

Inc early moonlight, faint and meek.
eli IN white lines across her bed
anu ID turned TO gems on lash and cheek
- Inc tears that had but now been shed.
sleep, coming with the shadovys brought
= $40" Fenef from grievous thought.
1t dulled the present sharp distress,
Inc sense Of loss too hard to bear
Inc haunting thought of loneliness,
Inc iInminence Of untried care.
sue lost remembrance Of the pain
4hat dawn would surely bring again.
She lost the world so tardiIy
Another consciousness was born,
And then she dreamed that she was free
Wandering beyond her life, forIorn:
ana soul and body still were wed,
Although 1t seemed that she was dead.
some mighty power, unseen and strong
dEd cast her in angry sea:
She stroVe to breast its pillows long;
Ahd, as she struggled YEARLY,
she saw low black line of shore,
WIN lights upon it, just before.
And, striving still more urgently.
she almost reached the wished-for land;
linen great wave rose in the sea,
AnG bore her over rocks and strand;
holled back, and left her there, alone
Ana helpless in land unknown.
But while she lay there, torn and bruised,
And dripping with the chilly Brine
She seemed to see, with sense confused,
Inc darkness round about her thine
u 4ee1 IOuCn that charmed all pain
From broken frame and weary brain.
And one bent near with pitying face,
30 grave, so gentle, and so sweet,
30 full of promise and of grace,
she smiled, while lying at His feet
AS homestck children, home once more,
Forget the grief that came before.
He led her to the inner land
The night was hard beset by day
She was content to hold His hand
ut seemed there were no words 70
Because she Understood so well
Whatever there could be to teu)
She saw the place was glad and bright
WIN welcome strangeness heaven fraught;
bhe had not known it by the sight,
ANA yet 1t was not new to thought
Al happy living things were there
hehned, to suit a finer air.
A little bird flew from above
And softly lit upon her head.
She knew it for petted dove
que loVeo IN childhood, long since dead;
me christ smiled as she spoke its name,
ana sald' " We kept it till you came"
And there were flowers and trees and sky
Ali wraiths Of OIden memory:
Each tiny detail, far and nigh
with some past beauty did agree.
Inc Christ said, " See they are the same:
We Kept them for you till you cameD
Ihen suddenly she heard a voice
Like some dear weII-remembered song.
1t made her very heart eioice
at comfort it had wanted long
she knew, ere sight could satisfy.
lie she had mourned for stood close nv
Again her radiant leader smited-
,, ne smile told more than words could say
You needed not to mourn, nv child
For God keeps all he takes awav-5
AGAIN He said, " They are the same.
lie Kept them for you till you came"
Then lived n iOv hat -
Delight that filed iafnity:
Love, with no former parallel.
An utter peace that Heaven made free.
But, breaking through this glimpse of grace
murnur seemed to fill the place.
The vision faded, passed away.
, ana left the darkness blank and old:
she saw the light of dawning day
Far in the east The air was cold.
Inc cocks shriu warning of the sun
Told Of another day begun.