Poems (Edwards)/On Seeing a Young Lady Asleep

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ON SEEING A YOUNG LADY ASLEEP.
Dreamer! are thy thoughts to-night
 Filled with images of light?
Yes! of joy thou dreamest now,
 By the calm upon thy brow;
By the smile so warm and pure,
 Wreathing on thy cheek of snow,
Dreams all beautiful and bright
 Flit around thy couch to-night.

Dreamest thou of future years,
 Of a life unstained by tears,
Of a pathway strewn with flowers,
 Sprinkled o'er with dewy showers?
Dreamest thou that joys will twine
 Ever round that brow of thine,
Bathed in hope's effulgent light,
 Dreamest thou of this to-night?

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Dreamest thou of friends and home,
 Do thy thoughts sweet dreamer roam
To thy native wild wood bowers,
 To thy native rills and flowers,
To thy native hearth, where truth
 Flings a halo round thy youth,
Crowning life with love and light,
 Dreamest thou of this to-night?

Yes, I know thy thoughts are there,
 Where thy heart's best treasures are;
Eyes that long have kindly shone,
 Now are beaming in thine own;
Gentle hands are clasping thine,
 Loving arms around thee twine,
Pleasant voices round thee glide,
 Like sweet ripples on a tide,
Giving to thy heart delight,
 Whispering words of love and light.

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