The Dream (John Donne poem)
- The Dream (John Donne poem)
"The Dream" is a poem published in 1635 by Jacobean metaphysical poet John Donne.
The poem is as follows:DEAR love, for nothing less than theeWould I have broke this happy dream ; It was a themeFor reason, much too strong for fantasy.Therefore thou waked'st me wisely ; yet My dream thou brokest not, but continued'st it.Thou art so true that thoughts of thee sufficeTo make dreams truths, and fables histories ;Enter these arms, for since thou thought'st it best,Not to dream all my dream, let's act the rest. As lightning, or a taper's light,Thine eyes, and not thy noise waked me ; Yet I thought thee—For thou lovest truth—an angel, at first sight ;But when I saw thou saw'st my heart,And knew'st my thoughts beyond an angel's art,When thou knew'st what I dreamt, when thou knew'st whenExcess of joy would wake me, and camest then,I must confess, it could not choose but beProfane, to think thee any thing but thee.Coming and staying show'd thee, thee,But rising makes me doubt, that now Thou art not thou.That love is weak where fear's as strong as he ;'Tis not all spirit, pure and brave,If mixture it of fear, shame, honour have ;Perchance as torches, which must ready be,Men light and put out, so thou deal'st with me ;Thou camest to kindle, go'st to come ; then IWill dream that hope again, but else would die
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* cite web
author = Joseph Thompson
date = 2006-06-08
title = An Examination of John Donne's "The Dream"
url = http://sethchaos.blogspot.com/2006/06/examination-of-john-donnes-dream.html
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