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Such castles we build too, on life’s ocean rising Frail phantoms of wishes the future disguising— They meet us at eve when vague fancies are flowing, But melt in thin air when the daylight is glowing, Alas! could such visions indeed be our own, When approached and possessed, they would cease to delight— But so long as they skirt the horizon’s dim zone, They e’er seem enticing, empurpled, and bright!
Such castles we build too, on life’s ocean rising Frail phantoms of wishes the future disguising— They meet us at eve when vague fancies are flowing, But melt in thin air when the daylight is glowing, Alas! could such visions indeed be our own, When approached and possessed, they would cease to delight— But so long as they skirt the horizon’s dim zone, They e’er seem enticing, empurpled, and bright!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- W. H. Leatham (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 646 · printed citation: W. H. Leatham · subject: VISIONS
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