Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | Songs and Ballads. III. Dreams | By Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan) Norton (18081877) |
| SURELY I heard a voicesurely my name | |
Was breathed in tones familiar to my heart! | |
I listenedand the low wind stealing came, | |
In darkness and in silence to depart. | |
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Surely I saw a form, a proud bright form, | 5 |
Standing beside my couch! I raised mine eyes: | |
Twas but a dim cloud, herald of a storm, | |
That floated through the grey and twilight skies. | |
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Surely the brightness of the summer hour | |
Hath suddenly burst upon the circling gloom! | 10 |
I dream; twas but the perfume of a flower, | |
Which the breeze wafted through the silent room. | |
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Surely a hand clasped mine with greetings fond! | |
A name is murmured by my lips with pain; | |
Woe for that soundwoe for loves broken bond. | 15 |
I startI wakeI am alone again! | | | |
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