17 JANUARY 1874, Page 14

POETRY.

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I dreamed of a desert drear, And one that walked thereon ; When he came the violet verge anear My dream was gone.

I dreamed of a sail all white, Over a purple sea ; When it reached to the boundary-line of light It was lost to me.

I thought of the friend I had known When the burdens of life he bore ; But be reached to the light of fame's golden zone, And I knew him no more.

I thought how to one I had given My love and my life to be ; But she chose maiden life for the love of Heaven,