Enjoying Poe

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On this Halloween Day, I have spent time reading poetry rather than writing.  Edgar Allan Poe was always a favorite in school, even though we were only exposed to his darker side of poetry and short stories - at least in my school.  As an adult, I have come to enjoy much more of his work than I was exposed to as a student.  The following poem has become a favorite in my personal studies since becoming an adult.


Enjoy!

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?

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? 



Edgar Allan Poe

Always…I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you Love.
As Ever, Annie