A Dream + 

In visions of the dark night + 

I have dreamed of joy departedвБ†вАФ + 

But a waking dream of life and light + 

Hath left me broken-hearted. + 

Ah! what is not a dream by day + 

To him whose eyes are cast + 

On things around him with a ray + 

Turned back upon the past? + 

That holy dreamвБ†вАФthat holy dream, + 

While all the world were chiding, + 

Hath cheered me as a lovely beam, + 

A lonely spirit guiding. + 

What though that light, throвАЩ storm and night, + 

So trembled from afarвБ†вАФ + 

What could there be more purely bright + 

In TruthвАЩs day-star? + 