“I Slept, and Dreamed that Life was Beauty”
by Ellen Sturgis Hooper

I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty.
Was thy dream then a shadowy lie?
Toil on, sad heart, courageously,
And thou shalt find thy dream to be
A noonday light and truth to thee.

A Note on the Text:

• Source: The Dial (July 1840) p. 123

• Title from first line.

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