I Had a dream-I lay upon thy breast,
In that sweet place where we lay long ago:
I thought the morning woodbine to and fro
With playful shadows whipped away my rest,
And in my sleep I cried to thee, too blest,
'Rise, oh my love, the morning sun is bright,
Let us arise, oh love, let us arise;
The flowers awake, the lark is in the skies,
I will array myself in my delight,
And we will-' and I woke to death and night!
More verses by Sydney Thompson Dobell
- The Army Surgeon
- To James Y. Simpson
- To A Friend In Bereavement
- To A Cathedral Tower: On The Evening Of The Thirty-Fifth Anniversay Of Waterloo
- To James H.