Lost Mother, A -86
Once did I dream—for but one moment's space—
Of the belovéd face:
God sends not such dreams twice;
One unforeseen glad instant must suffice.
One word is spoken in extremest need:
Well must the listener heed!
One moment flashes forth the heavenly light;
Then silence, and the night.
A thousand dreams of stars and flowers and sun—
Of her alas! but one:
With deepest awe, with measureless surprise,
I heard her voice and met her eyes.
“ Do what is given you ”—this, I know, she said,
Standing beside my bed:
Once—only once—the dear voice spoke;
I marvelled, and I woke.
Of the belovéd face:
God sends not such dreams twice;
One unforeseen glad instant must suffice.
One word is spoken in extremest need:
Well must the listener heed!
One moment flashes forth the heavenly light;
Then silence, and the night.
A thousand dreams of stars and flowers and sun—
Of her alas! but one:
With deepest awe, with measureless surprise,
I heard her voice and met her eyes.
“ Do what is given you ”—this, I know, she said,
Standing beside my bed:
Once—only once—the dear voice spoke;
I marvelled, and I woke.
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