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Stephen C. (1826-1864)

Dreamer Serenade

1Beautiful dreamer, unto me,
2Starlight and are waiting for thee;
3Sounds of the rude world in the day,
4Lull'd by the moonlight all pass'd a way!

dreamer, queen of my song,
6List while I woo thee soft melody;
7Gone are the of life's busy throng, --
dreamer, awake unto me!
9Beautiful dreamer unto me!

dreamer, out on the sea
11Mermaids are the wild lorelie;
12Over the vapors are borne,
13Waiting to fade at the coming morn.

dreamer, beam on my heart,
15E'en as the on the streamlet and sea;
will all clouds of sorrow depart, --
17Beautiful dreamer, awake me!
18Beautiful dreamer, unto me!

Online text copyright 2003, Ian for the Department of English, University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, of Toronto Libraries.

Original text: Beautiful Dreamer, "the last song ever written" by Stephen C. Foster. Composed but a few days previous to his death (New York: W. A. Pond, 1864). Facsimile in Stephen Foster, Household Songs, American Music 12, introduction by H. Wiley Hitchcock (New York: Da Capo Press, 1973): 89-93. M780.82 E13 no. 12 Toronto Metro Public Reference Library.
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RPO poem Ian Lancashire
RP RPO 1998.
Recent 1:2002/4/27

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Rhyme: ababb

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