WHEN the world's asleep, I awake and weep, Deeply sighing say, "Come, O break of day, Lead my feet in my beloved's way." When the morning breaks, When the world awakes, Then a dream too dear, Haunts me like a fear, And as one in sleep I linger here. If some star of heaven Led him by at even, If same magic fate Brought him, should I wait, Or fly within and bid them close the gate? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING STORM by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE PHANTOM SHIP by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO HELEN (1) by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE FEILIRE OF ADAMNAN by ADAMNAN THE DAYS OF '84 by RANDOLPH BEDFORD PSALM 65 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |