“Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.”
“Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time,
Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?”
The Earthly Paradise (1868-70), Apology
Context: Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time,
Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?
Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme
Beats with light wing against the ivory gate,
Telling a tale not too importunate
To those who in the sleepy region stay,
Lulled by the singer of an empty day.
“Dreams come true all the time, just not for the dreamers”
“Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.”
Camino Real (1953)
Context: You said, "They're harmless dreamers and they're loved by the people." — "What," I asked you, "is harmless about a dreamer, and what," I asked you, "is harmless about the love of the people? — Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams."
“Shall Earth no more inspire thee,
Thou lonely dreamer now?”
Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee (May 1841)
Context: Shall Earth no more inspire thee,
Thou lonely dreamer now?
Since passion may not fire thee
Shall Nature cease to bow?
Thy mind is ever moving
In regions dark to thee;
Recall its useless roving —
Come back and dwell with me
“For I have always been a seeker, a dreamer, and a ponderer on seeking and dreaming…”
Source: Night Ocean et autres nouvelles
“A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.”
