| Matthew Arnold (1822–88). The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840–1867. 1909. | | | | Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems | | Longing |
| | [First published 1852. Reprinted 1855.]
COME 1 to me in my dreams, and then | |
| By day I shall be well again. | |
| For then the night will more than pay | |
| The hopeless longing of the day. | |
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| Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times, | 5 |
| A messenger from radiant climes, | |
| And smile on thy new world; and be | |
| As kind to others as to me. 2 | |
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| Or, as thou never cam’st in sooth, | |
| Come now, and let me dream it truth. | 10 |
| And part my hair, and kiss my brow, | |
| And say—My love! why sufferest thou? | |
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| Come to me in my dreams, and then | |
| By day I shall be well again. | |
| For then the night will more than pay | 15 |
| The hopeless longing of the day. | |
| | | Note 1. Longing Title] Faded Leaves. V. Longing 1855. [back] | | Note 2. to others as to me] to all the rest as me 1852. [back] | | |
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