by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)
The Dream
Language: English
Love, if I weep it will not matter, And if you laugh I shall not care; Foolish am I to think about it, But it is good to feel you there. Love, in my sleep I dreamed of waking, -- White and awful the moonlight reached Over the floor, and somewhere, somewhere, There was a shutter loose, -- it screeched! Swung in the wind, -- and no wind blowing! -- I was afraid, and turned to you, Put out my hand to you for comfort, -- And you were gone! Cold, cold as dew, Under my hand the moonlight lay! Love, if you laugh I shall not care, But if I weep it will not matter, -- Ah, it is good to feel you there! Ah, it is good to feel you there!
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Text Authorship:
- by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950), "The Dream", appears in Renascence and Other Poems, first published 1917 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Eric Ewazen (b. 1954), "The Dream", 1987 [ low voice and piano ], from Songs of Love and Loss, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Mitchell (b. 1941), "The Dream", op. 51 (Five Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay) no. 4 (1983) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Victoria Brago
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Word count: 127