The Poetry Corner

Impersonality

By Rose Hawthorne Lathrop

I dreamed within a dream the sun was gold; And as I walked beneath this golden sun, The world was like a mighty play-room old, Made for our pleasure since it was begun. But when I waked I found the sun was air, The world was air, and all things only seemed, Except the thoughts we grow by; for in prayer We change to spirits such as God has dreamed.