The Dream

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The Dream

(For my Father)

Over and over again I dream a dream,

I am coming home to you in the starlit gloam;

Long was the day from you and sweet 'twill seem

The day is over and I am coming home.

Then I shall find you as in days long past,

Sitting so quietly in the firelight glow;

"Love," you will say to me, "you are come at last."

Your eyes be glad of me as long ago.

All I have won since then will slip my hold,

Dear love and children, the long years away;

I shall come home to you the girl of old,

Glad to come home to you -- oh, glad to stay!

Often and often I am dreaming yet

Of the firelit window when I've crossed the hill

And I coming home to you from night and wet:

Often and often I am dreaming still.

Over and over again I dream my dream.

Ah, why would it haunt me if it wasn't true?

I am travelling home to you by the last red gleam,

In the quiet evening I am finding you.

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The Dream
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greatwar_herb036
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Herb o' Grace
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<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Dream</h1><h1 align="center" class="head"><em>(For my Father)</em></h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Over and over again I dream a dream,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">I am coming home to you in the starlit gloam;</p><p class="line">Long was the day from you and sweet 'twill seem</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The day is over and I am coming home.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Then I shall find you as in days long past,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Sitting so quietly in the firelight glow;</p><p class="line">"Love," you will say to me, "you are come at last."</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Your eyes be glad of me as long ago.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">All I have won since then will slip my hold,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Dear love and children, the long years away;</p><p class="line">I shall come home to you the girl of old,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Glad to come home to you -- oh, glad to stay!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Often and often I am dreaming yet</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Of the firelit window when I've crossed the hill</p><p class="line">And I coming home to you from night and wet:</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Often and often I am dreaming still.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Over and over again I dream my dream.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Ah, why would it haunt me if it wasn't true?</p><p class="line">I am travelling home to you by the last red gleam,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">In the quiet evening I am finding you.</p></div></body></html>