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DREAMS by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I GAVE MY LIFE TO ANOTHER LOVER
Last Line: IS WAITING THO' I SEE HIM NOT.
Subject(s): DREAMS; LOVE - LOSS OF; NIGHTMARES;
I GAVE my life to another lover,
I gave my love, and all, and all--
But over a dream the past will hover,
Out of a dream the past will call.

I tear myself from sleep with a shiver
But on my breast a kiss is hot,
And by my bed the ghostly giver
Is waiting tho' I see him not.





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