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!
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!
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!
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!
Sad and slow, sad and slow, their unseen pall was carried.
The hope-starred future still thou hast,
O dweller in the dreamy past!