I dream I am standing on purple heights,

Alone and alone for ever and aye;

The sun is shining with pitiless lights;

I pray that darkness may cover the sky.

I dream I am lying buried in sand,

Alone and alone for ever and aye;

Parch'd and dry is the terrible land;

I pray but for water before I die.

I dream I am tossing on ocean waves,

Alone and alone for ever and aye;

I shudder to think of the open graves;

Under daisy blossoms I pray to lie.

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O daisy buds I am dreaming of you,

Alone and alone for ever and aye;

From a dream of daisies scatter'd with dew

I wake with a start, and a piercing cry.

Let me but dream of affliction and shame,

Of saints that punish and sinners that cower,

Of troubles by sickness and sword and flame,

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