William (Fiona McLeod) Sharp. 1855-1905. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

William (Fiona McLeod) Sharp. (1855–1905)

    Across the silent stream
  Where the dream-shadows go,
From the dim blue Hill of Dream
  I have heard the west wind blow.

From the Hills of Dream.

Love is a beautiful dream.

Cor Cordium.

Ah, the strange, sweet, lonely delight
Of the Valleys of Dream.

Dream Fantasy.

Down beyond the haven the tide comes with a shout.

An old Tale of Three.

The desire of love, Joy:
The desire of life, Peace:
The desire of the soul, Heaven:
The desire of God … a flame-white secret forever.

Desire.

The gray silence, the gray waves, the gray wastes of the sea.

Longing.

I hear the little children of the wind
Crying solitary in lonely places.

Little Children of the Wind.