Part VIII Precarious Advance, 3. Progress.
Darkness and the light (1941/42)
“None thrives for long upon the happiest dream.”
Tired Memory, p. 95.
The Unknown Eros and Other Poems (1877)
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English poet 1823–1896Related quotes

“We are beginning to see the influence of dream upon reality and reality upon dream.”
The Novel of the Future (1969)

“So long ago, was it in a dream, was it just a dream?”

“In you, I see the Dreams that I have always dreamed/longed for!”
in te ravviso --il sogno ch'io vorrei sempre sognar!
Rudolfo
Act I O Soave Fanciulla
La bohème (1896)

Love is Enough (1872), Song III: It Grew Up Without Heeding