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THE DREAM-FOLLOWER by THOMAS HARDY

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First Line: A DREAM OF MINE FLEW OVER THE MEAD
Last Line: AND I WHITELY HASTENED AWAY.
Subject(s): DREAMS; NIGHTMARES;

A DREAM of mine flew over the mead
To the halls where my old Love reigns;
And it drew me on to follow its lead:
And I stood at her window-panes;

And I saw but a thing of flesh and bone
Speeding on to its cleft in the clay;
And my dream was scared, and expired on a moan,
And I whitely hastened away.



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