The Dream-Bridge
All drear and barren seemed the hours, That passed rain-swept and tempest-blown. The dead leaves fell like brownish notes Within the rain's grey monotone. There came a lapse between the showers; The clouds grew rich with sunset gleams; Then o'er the sky a rainbow sprang - A bridge unto the Land of Dreams.
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