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THE DREAM by EDWIN MARKHAM

Poet Analysis

First Line: AH, GREAT IT IS TO BELIEVE THE DREAM
Last Line: "AND SAY AT THE END, ""THE DREAM IS TRUE!"
Subject(s): DREAMS; FAITH; NIGHTMARES; BELIEF; CREED;
Ah, great it is to believe the dream
As we stand in youth by the starry stream;
But a greater thing is to fight life through,
And say at the end, "The dream is true!"



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