[by Edgar Allan Poe (1827)]
[Verse 1:]
In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
[piano & violin solo]
[Verse 2:]
That holy dream - that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding
What though that light, thro' storm and night,
So trembled from afar
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth's day - star?
[violin solo]
A dream
A dream
That holy dream - that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding
What though that light, thro' storm and night,
So trembled from afar
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth's day - star?
A dream
A dream
In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?