[Somervell / Bridges] Come to me in my dreams

Somervell / Bridges: Come to me in my dreams Come to me in my dreams Text: Matthew Arnold Music: Frank Bridges / Arthur Somervell Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again! For then the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day. Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times, A messenger from radiant climes, And smile on thy new world, and be As kind to all the rest as me. Or, as thou never cam’st in sooth, Come now, and let me dream it truth; And part my hair, and kiss my brow, And say: My love! why suff’rest thou? Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again! For then the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day. Arthur Somervell, Come to me in my dreams Sarah Leonard Frank Bridges, Come to me in my dreams Mark Stone Frank Bridges, Come to me in my dreams Yvonne Kenny note: The poem was probably written in the autumn of 1850; in that summer Arnold had seen his engagement to his future wife Frances Lucy Wightman forbidden by her father and they were only able to renew their correspondence at the end of the year. This implies more sincerity in the poem than some critics have allowed.

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