I rose to see the pearl- square and
round
Glistening the rays falling upon...
Instead the honey dews of autumn,
I see the torrent of rain.

Oh! terrible beauty you hold
Smashing my two fold dreams bold!
A dream of hope-must to survive
An illusion of night-reflects in sleep.

Oh! no illusion, no dream ever real
Yet its absence, life never real!
Day dream if unfulfilled,
In sleep at night, better fulfilled!