VERSE: A FAREWELL

By Adelaide Anne Procter

Farewell, oh dream of mine!

I dare not stay;

The hour is come, and time

Will not delay:

Pleasant and dear to me

Wilt thou remain;

No future hour

Brings thee again.

She stands, the Future dim,

And draws me on,

And shows me dearer joys —

But thou art gone!

Treasures and Hopes more fair,

Bears she for me,

And yet I linger,

Oh dream, with thee!

Other and brighter days,

Perhaps she brings;

Deeper and holier songs,

Perchance she sings;

But thou and I, fair time,

We too must sever —

Oh dream of mine,

Farewell for ever!