Silver and Roses, Henna and Myrrh

 

 

 

 

  

To the Dream of My Dreams

 

Come thou into the kingdom of my dreams,

A never-never land beyond lost seas.

Come thou and crown my golden-sceptered schemes

In upcountry abodes and hidden leas.

Within the sanctum of the sleepy Moon

Or on th’ arena of the pageant Sun,

Succumb to blackest rapture in a swoon

Or with thy fair thy lords and ladies stun.

Bedeck the pride of temples with thy glance,

And limn august cathedrals with thy grace.

In cloudswept ballrooms glide in stately dance.

On boulevards of marble lead thy pace.

Seas, lands and walls cannot well disallow.

Into the kingdom of my dreams come thou.

 

 

                               Sunday, January 19, 1969