Dreams Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGBGB HIJIBBBB KEKLMNMN| A DREAM of lilies all the blooming earth | A |
| A garden full of fairies and of flowers | B |
| Its only music the glad cry of mirth | A |
| While the warm sun weaves golden tissued hours | B |
| Hope a bright angel beautiful and true | C |
| As Truth herself and life a lovely toy | D |
| Which ne'er will weary us ne'er break a new | C |
| Eternal source of pleasure and of joy | D |
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| A dream of roses vision of Loves tree | E |
| Of beauty and of madness and as bright | F |
| As naught on earth save only dreams can be | E |
| Made fair and odorous with flower and light | F |
| A dream that Love is strong to outlast Time | G |
| That hearts are stronger than forgetfulness | B |
| The slippery sand than changeful waves that climb | G |
| The wind blown foam than mighty waters' stress | B |
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| A dream of laurels after much is gone | H |
| Much buried much lamented much forgot | I |
| With what remains to do and what is done | J |
| With what yet is and what alas is not | I |
| Man dreams a dream of laurel and of bays | B |
| A dream of crowns and guerdons and rewards | B |
| Wherein sounds sweet the hollow voice of praise | B |
| And bright appears the wreath that it awards | B |
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| A dream of poppies sad and true as Truth | K |
| That all these dreams were dreams of vanity | E |
| And full of bitter penitence and ruth | K |
| In his last dream man deems 'twere good to die | L |
| And weeping o'er the visions vain of yore | M |
| In the sad vigils he doth nightly keep | N |
| He dreams it may be good to dream no more | M |
| And life has nothing like Death's dreamless sleep | N |
Emma Lazarus
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