Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/Fata Morgana
FATA MORGANA.
A blue-eyed phantom far beforeIs laughing, leaping toward the sun: Like lead I chase it evermore,I pant and run.
It breaks the sunlight bound on bound:Goes singing as it leaps alongTo sheep-bells with a dreamy soundA dreamy song.
I laugh, it is so brisk and gay;It is so far before, I weep:I hope I shall lie down some day, Lie down and sleep.