Poet Eugene Field

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The Dreams Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH DJKJ LMNM HOPO QRSR TUAU VWXW YZA2Z AB2C2B2 B2D2QD2 B2E2GE2 F2G2MG2

Two dreams came down to earth one nightA
From the realm of mist and dewB
One was a dream of the old old daysC
And one was a dream of the newB
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One was a dream of a shady laneD
That led to the pickerel pondE
Where the willows and rushes bowed themselvesF
To the brown old hills beyondE
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And the people that peopled the old time dreamG
Were pleasant and fair to seeH
And the dreamer he walked with them againI
As often of old walked heH
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Oh cool was the wind in the shady laneD
That tangled his curly hairJ
Oh sweet was the music the robins madeK
To the springtime everywhereJ
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Was it the dew the dream had broughtL
From yonder midnight skiesM
Or was it tears from the dear dead yearsN
That lay in the dreamer's eyesM
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The other dream ran fast and freeH
As the moon benignly shedO
Her golden grace on the smiling faceP
In the little trundle bedO
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For 't was a dream of times to comeQ
Of the glorious noon of dayR
Of the summer that follows the careless springS
When the child is done with playR
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And 't was a dream of the busy worldT
Where valorous deeds are doneU
Of battles fought in the cause of rightA
And of victories nobly wonU
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It breathed no breath of the dear old homeV
And the quiet joys of youthW
It gave no glimpse of the good old friendsX
Or the old time faith and truthW
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But 't was a dream of youthful hopesY
And fast and free it ranZ
And it told to a little sleeping childA2
Of a boy become a manZ
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These were the dreams that came one nightA
To earth from yonder skyB2
These were the dreams two dreamers dreamedC2
My little boy and IB2
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And in our hearts my boy and IB2
Were glad that it was soD2
He loved to dream of days to comeQ
And I of long agoD2
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So from our dreams my boy and IB2
Unwillingly awokeE2
But neither of his precious dreamG
Unto the other spokeE2
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Yet of the love we bore those dreamsF2
Gave each his tender signG2
For there was triumph in his eyesM
And there were tears in mineG2

Eugene Field



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