A Dream
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 to 1849
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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In Truth's day star?
On things around him with a ray
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam,
I have dreamed of joy departed—
So trembled from afar—
In visions of the dark night
Hath left me broken-hearted.
Turned back upon the past?
A lonely spirit guiding.
While all the world were chiding,
To him whose eyes are cast
What though that light, thro' storm and night,
Ah! what is not a dream by day
But a waking dream of life and light
That holy dream—that holy dream,
What could there be more purely bright