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Dreams in their development have breath / And tears and torture and the touch of joy; / They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts; / They take a weight from off our waking toils; / They do divide our being; they become a portion of ourselves as of our time, / And look like heralds of eternity.

Dreams in their development have breath / And tears and torture and the touch of joy; / They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts; / They take a weight from off our waking toils; / They do divide our being; they become a portion of ourselves as of our time, / And look like heralds of eternity.

Approximate author period: c. 1806 AD · industrial

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Lord Byron
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Approximate author period: c. 1806 AD · industrial
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Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)

Printed citation: Byron. · page_073

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