The Poetry Corner

Translations. - The Dream. (From Uhland.)

By George MacDonald

In a garden sweet went walking Two lovers hand in hand; Two pallid figures, low talking, They sat in the flowery land. They kissed on the cheek one another, And they kissed upon the mouth; They held in their arms each the other, And back came their health and youth. Two little bells rang shrilly-- And the lovely dream was dead! She lay in the cloister chilly; He afar on his dungeon-bed.