I have had my dream -- like others -- and it has come to nothing, so that I remain now carelessly with feet planted on the ground and look up at the sky -- feeling my clothes about me, the weight of my body in my shoes, the rim of my hat, air passing in and out at my nose -- and decide to dream no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN I RISE UP by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DEEP IN THE NIGHT by SARA TEASDALE SALLY IN OUR ALLEY by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) ENVOY, TO 'MORE SONGS FROM VAGABONDIA' by RICHARD HOVEY UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREES [MAY 10, 1863] by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON SLEEP AT SEA by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |