“And oh my dreams
It's never quite as it seems
'Cause you're a dream to me
Dream to me.”
Dolores O'Riordan (1971–2018) Irish singer
"Dreams"
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
"Dreams"; first released as a single (29 September 1992)
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
“And oh my dreams
It's never quite as it seems
'Cause you're a dream to me
Dream to me.”
Dolores O'Riordan (1971–2018) Irish singer
"Dreams"
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
“The future… seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.”
Edward Young (1683–1765) English poet
Widely attributed to Edward Young, but in fact written by E. B. White in Harper's Magazine (December 1940), and reprinted in his One Man's Meat (1942).
Misattributed
E. B. White (1899–1985) American writer
A review of The Wave of the Future by Anne Morrow Lindbergh in Harpers Magazine (December 1940)
One Man's Meat (1942)
Richard Branson (1950) English business magnate, investor and philanthropist
From his interview in The Guardian newspaper, 20th September 2008
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Stanza 1
Source: The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
“Vital spark of heav'nly flame!
Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Stanza 1.
The Dying Christian to His Soul (1712)
Context: Vital spark of heav'nly flame!
Quit, oh quit, this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
Oh the pain, the bliss of dying!
Glen Cook book Soldiers Live
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 126, “Taglios: Royal Return” (p. 720)
“Oh, I am not quite sleeping.
Oh, I am fast in bed.”
Sufjan Stevens (1975) American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Lyrics, Illinois (2005)