Author Arthur Hugh Clough Like one that in a dream would fain arise, Toiling and striving—vainly striving still,A strange and baffling torpor still replies To every restless movement of the will. Tags Short Poems Rate this poem Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5 No votes yet Rate Log in or register to post comments