He Had His Dream

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h4>HE HAD HIS DREAM</h4> <div class="stanza"> <div class="i0">He had his dream, and all through life,</div> <br/> <div class="i0">Worked up to it through toil and strife.</div> <br/> <div class="i0">Afloat fore'er before his eyes,</div> <br/> <div class="i0">It colored for him all his skies:</div> <br/> <div class="i2">The storm-cloud dark</div> <br/> <div class="i2">Above his bark,</div> <br/> <div class="i0">The calm and listless vault of blue</div> <br/> <div class="i0">Took on its hopeful hue,</div> <br/> <div class="i0">It tinctured every passing beam&mdash;</div> <br/> <div class="i2">He had his dream.</div> <br/></div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="i0">He labored hard and failed at last,</div> <br/> <div class="i0">His sails too weak to bear the blast,</div> <br/> <div class="i0">The raging tempests tore away</div> <br/> <div class="i0">And sent his beating bark astray.</div> <br/> <div class="i2">But what cared he</div> <br/> <div class="i2">For wind or sea!</div> <br/> <div class="i0">He said, "The tempest will be short,</div> <br/> <div class="i0">My bark will come to port."</div> <br/> <div class="i0">He saw through every cloud a gleam&mdash;</div> <br/> <div class="i2">He had his dream.</div> <br/></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />