乐文小说网

第11部分（第4页）

the　day　they　are　erased　by　the　normal　activities　of　the　mind。　Sometimes

immediately　on　waking；　I　am　so　vexed　at　the　memory　of　a　dream…fracas；　I

wish　I　may　dream　no　more。　With　this　wish　distinctly　before　me　I　drop　off

again　into　a　new　turmoil　of　dreams。

Oh；　dreams；　what　opprobrium　I　heap　upon　you……you；　the　most　pointless

things　imaginable；　saucy　apes；　brewers　of　odious　contrasts；　haunting

birds　of　ill　omen；　mocking　echoes；　unseasonable　reminders；

oft…returning　vexations；　skeletons　in　my　morris…chair；　jesters　in　the

tomb；　deaths…heads　at　the　wedding　feast；　outlaws　of　the　brain　that

every　night　defy　the　minds　police　service；　thieves　of　my　Hesperidean

apples；　breakers　of　my　domestic　peace；　murderers　of　sleep。　〃Oh；　dreadful

dreams　that　do　fright　my　spirit　from　her　propriety！〃　No　wonder　that

Hamlet　preferred　the　ills　he　knew　rather　than　run　the　risk　of　one

dream…vision。

Yet　remove　the　dream…world；　and　the　loss　is　inconceivable。　The　magic

spell　which　binds　poetry　together　is　broken。　The　splendour　of　art　and

the　soaring　might　of　imagination　are　lessened　because　no　phantom　of

fadeless　sunsets　and　flowers　urges　onward　to　a　goal。　Gone　is　the　mute

permission　or　connivance　which　emboldens　the　soul　to　mock　the　limits　of

time　and　space；　forecast　and　gather　in　harvests　of　achievement　for　ages

yet　unborn。　Blot　out　dreams；　and　the　blind　lose　one　of　their　chief

forts；　for　in　the　visions　of　sleep　they　behold　their　belief　in　the

seeing　mind　and　their　expectation　of　light　beyond　the　blank；　narrow

night　justified。　Nay；　our　conception　of　immortality　is　shaken。　Faith；

the　motive…power　of　human　life；　flickers　out。　Before　such　vacancy　and

bareness　the　shocks　of　wrecked　worlds　were　indeed　wele。　In　truth；

dreams　bring　us　the　thought　independently　of　us　and　in　spite　of　us　that

the　soul

〃may　right

Her　nature；　shoot　large　sail　on　lengthening　cord；

And　rush　exultant　on　the　Infinite。〃

DREAMS　AND　REALITY

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DREAMS　AND　REALITY

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