Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-02-16
A Dream
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were only conscious that l had done
my best to accomplish the end to-
1 ward which 1 had in the beginning
turned my face. But to want thing
and not even dare TO work for it; TO
sit idly by and watch others run races
you long to run, or worse still, TO
& have others pass by as worthless that
for which you would give your dear
est possession; all this is the sitting
of crippled begar in the shadow,
and watching others skipping and
dancing and laughing in tho fair sun
shine where grow the lovely things
Of life
But there is one thing that even
beggar can do and that is--drcam.
And this dream may last for years
contcntedly. since there has been no
hope OF realization. But lot the
knowledge come that there would be
IL possibility OF rcalization-that
with a. little work-a little effort,
and the way made, oh, so easy-JuSt
let this knowledge come together
with the surety that this same pct
q dream of yours will in days close by,
be not dream but fact for some or,
those who dare work out in the sun
shine while you sit in the shadows
then is the beggar indeed with the
dream that is the arrest Of airy phan-
toms.
This dream OF mine has endured
ever since my mind was old enough
to conjure up the spirits OF the oiu
world. Long before printed words
meant thoughts. pictures aided III
cunning and fantastic fashioning OF
my dream world, where all my life
have lived happily and realistically
but at times with longing so IN
tense as to give my world Of fancy Il
local habitation and name.
And so tonight ! dream.
A south breeze is lifting the yellow !
madras curtain at the windows OF
the brown study. but it comes from
the land Of dreams and willis Oh It's
Drcath-the sweet, fresh salt OF the
sea. And the roar Of the city is like
the sound OF many waters with the
3. rhythmic throb Of Il good ship sailing,
q. spray OF white lace form spreads
fanlikc in her wake. The brown and
cream tinted walls fadc--thc little
study lamp with the rcd shade wavcrs
dances, then ranishcs into space and
the walls have been and from It's
heart unfolds the vision of sc bright
red-lettcr days.
There are happy faces and merry
laughter. the queer and Fascinating
experience Of landing aud custom
house demands arc quickly passed by
and there across the walls nnrOll the
romantic panorama Of Old England
Beautiful low green hills swell i'll the
distance. Oh. sec. Over there is Il
real English lane winding placidIy
beneath the trees and Il truly cottage
Struggled in the garden. matched
roof and all. How soft and sweet
everything is. Grccn--grccn. every
where green yet Subducd, even i'll
the sunlight for Il perpetual canopy
of clouds hangs over all. On and on
the pictures noat in the air.
Here Il tiny roadside inn hangs out
it's quaint old sign; there Il majestic
oak lifts up its mighty arDls in sup
= plication. pass through little VIII
I;,rc. hark,-thc curfcw is tolliuS,
but yondcr the lights slcanl. They
throw q great reflection on the sky.
London-thc Golfer Of treasures.
Picture after picture follows each
other. But recall one and Two II
- and dream il again. stand in the
Tower OF London. The huge stone
battlcmcnis. - feet thick. what stor-
los they could tell. The dream
changes: | glide back over The cen
turies: what strange forms III unique
dress are those whose costly 'gar-
nicuts trail across The floor. bow
& many tortured victims nave 'u'Se
same dungeon vaults at last resigned
to death A long line passes: the
wives Of Henry VIII. Catherine, Nnn
and Katherine again; and Jane anu
all the rest. Here was imprisoned
the lover Of the beautiful MARY III
dor. once queen of France. here u'eu
~, Dul,c of Norfolk because he loved
the martyred Queen of Scots, >o"oe'
is the cell where brave Sir "a'tc'
Raleigh languishcd aud. there "ne''
q Sir Thomas Moore babe farewell u
sj lovely Margaret, Heroes OF his.o'S
tsong and story. this is where tue!
& 6lived and died. that long line VI lhe'
ea vp,ncu tales of whom | have