ONLY A DREAM.
I sit alone in the shadows— Alone in the purple gloomOf the silent summer twilight, That steals in the quiet room.The breath of the past is upon me, It comes on the dewy air,To steep my soul in the fragrance Of the flowers it used to wear.
My heart goes back to the summer, When the roses were all aglow,And my spirit was touched with a secret, That every woman must know.Does it come but once, I wonder— But once in our whole life long—And shall my future be ever An echo of this sad song?
The song that is ever repeating Its wild notes through my brain,
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