I DREAM.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1695, 24 August 1904, Page 75 (Supplement)

I DREAM.

I dream of a night in golden June, I dream of a song gone by, When queen of a sea of stars, the moon, Arose in the tender sky. I dream of a boat on the silver tide And an hour that could not last; I dream of them still, though worlds divfde The present from the past!

I dream of the song you sang to me, I dream of the love that woke, Where the shining tide that flowed to the sea To the lilies softly spoke! I dream of the flower you wore at your heart, ' The tender words you said— I dream of them still, though wide seas part The living from the dead.

I dream of a heart that once was mine, And a love both deep and great, And so through shadow and through shine I listen and watch and wait! Though far as earth from Heav’n above, Sometimes to-day are you, I know you will come at last, my love, And make my dream come true! —Clifton Bingham, in “Chambers’s Journal.”