The City of Dream

The City of Dream – poemat epicki angielskiego poety Roberta Williamsa Buchanana, opublikowany w 1888. Utwór jest poprzedzony wierszem dedykacyjnym dla Johna Bunyana. Składa się z piętnastu ksiąg. Został napisany wierszem białym. In the noontide of my days I had a dream, And in my dream, which seem'd no dream at all, I saw these things which here are written down.

And first methought, with terror on my heart, I fled, like many a pilgrim theretofore, From a dark City built beside the sea, Crying, 'I cannot any longer bear The tumult and the terror and the tears, The sadness, of the City where I dwell; Sad is the wailing of the waters, sad The coming; and the going of the sun, And sad the homeless echoes of the streets, [...]

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