Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="DREAMLAND" id="DREAMLAND"></SPAN>Dreamland</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">W</span>ITH an angel-flower laden,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Every day a little maiden,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Sails away from off my bosom<br/></span> <span class="i2">On a radiant sea of bliss.<br/></span> <span class="i0">I can see her drifting, drifting&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Hear the snowy wings uplifting,<br/></span> <span class="i0">As he woos her into dreamland,<br/></span> <span class="i10">With a kiss.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Blissful hour, my pretty sleeper,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Whispering with thy angel keeper,<br/></span> <span class="i0">List’ning to the words he brings thee<br/></span> <span class="i2">From a fairer world than this;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Ah! thy heart he is beguiling,<br/></span> <span class="i2">I can tell it by thy smiling,<br/></span> <span class="i0">As he woos thee into dreamland<br/></span> <span class="i10">With a kiss.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Could there come to weary mortals<br/></span> <span class="i2">Such a glimpse through golden portals,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Would we not drift on forever,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Toward that far-off land of peace;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Would we not leave joys and sorrows,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Glad to-days, and sad to-morrows,<br/></span> <span class="i0">For the sound of white wings lifting,<br/></span> <span class="i10">For an angel’s tender kiss.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_045" id="page_045"></SPAN>{45}</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />