A Dream Song + 

I dreamed of a song⁠—I heard it sung; + 

In the ear of my soul its strange notes rung. + 

What were its words I could not tell, + 

Only the voice I heard right well, + 

For its tones unearthly my spirit bound + 

In a calm delirium of mystic sound⁠— + 

Held me floating, alone and high, + 

Placeless and silent, drinking my fill + 

Of dews that from cloudless skies distil + 

On desert places that thirst and sigh. + 

’Twas a woman’s voice, deep calling to deep, + 

Rousing old echoes that all day sleep + 

In cavern and solitude, each apart, + 

Here and there in the waiting heart;⁠— + 

A voice with a wild melodious cry + 

Reaching and longing afar and high. + 

Sorrowful triumph, and hopeful strife, + 

Gainful death, and new-born life, + 

Thrilled in each note of the prophet-song. + 

In my heart it said: O Lord, how long + 

Shall we groan and travail and faint and pray, + 

Ere thy lovely kingdom bring the day! + 