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The Dream

The Dream is a poem written by Lord Byron in 1816. It has been described as expressing "central Romantic beliefs about dreams". It also describes the view from the Misk Hills, close to Byron's ancestral home in Newstead, Nottinghamshire. Mary Chaworth of Annesley Hall, a distant relation for whom Byron had a boyhood passion, is the "Maid" of the poem.


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“She was his life,
The ocean to the river of his thoughts,
Which terminated all.”

Stanza 2; this can be compared to: "She floats upon the river of his thoughts", Henry W. Longfellow, The Spanish Student, act ii, scene 3.
The Dream (1816)

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“A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.”

Stanza 3.
The Dream (1816)

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“And both were young, and one was beautiful.”

Stanza 2.
The Dream (1816)

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