Poems (Hoffman)/O Dweller in the Dreamy Past!
O DWELLER IN THE DREAMY PAST
Sad and sweet, sad and sweet, the heavenly notes are falling;Throb and beat, throb and beat, O heart, that hears them calling.Come back, come back while day-beams last, O dweller in the dreamy past!
Soft and low, soft and low, the organ tones are floating;Sad and slow, sad and slow, their mournful waves unnoting.Wake up, with vanished clouds o'ercast, O dweller in the dreamy past!
Far away, far away, let phantom dreams be banished;Oh, to-day, oh to-day, dream not of moments vanished,Wake up, the hours fly swift and fast, O dweller in the dreamy past!
Long ago, long ago, those pulseless dreams were buried;Sad and slow, sad and slow, their unseen pall was carried.The hope-starred future still thou hast, O dweller in the dreamy past!