If life were but a dream, my Love,
And death the waking time;
If day had not a beam, my Love,
And night had not a rhyme,-
A barren, barren world were this
Without one saving gleam;
I 'd only ask that with a kiss
You 'd wake me from the dream.
If dreaming were the sum of days,
And loving were the bane;
If battling for a wreath of bays
Could soothe a heart in pain,-
I 'd scorn the meed of battle's might,
All other aims above
I 'd choose the human's higher right,
To suffer and to love!
If
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Poem topics: I love you, death, heart, kiss, life, night, pain, time, world, battle, human, rhyme, Valentine's Day, choose, dream, I miss you, love, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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