Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.
Come as thou cam’st a thousand times,
A messenger from radiant climes,
And smile on thy new world, and be
As kind to others as to me!
Or as thou never cam’st in sooth,
Come now, and let me dream it truth;
And part my hair, and kiss my brow,
And say, “My love! why sufferest thou?”
Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For then the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.
By Matthew Arnold
Read by Timothy Dalton
I love the rich use of vocabulary in this poem. It helps expressing the emotions in this poem. I think that, beyond it’s message, this poem is very unique by its use of a rich vocabulary, with the purpose of simmering down the idea and transmitting it successfully in colorful words, making this poem simple yet appealing to one’s emotions when readed. I like also how it shows a platonic love that makes the other person have the will to go happily day by day. How it’s life is enhanced by the mere memory or thought of that special one, that for any reason may not be there. I like its depth and appealing to one’s feelings. I love this piece of work. My regards to the writer! 🙂
Listening to Timothy Dalton reading this… I get the feeling that I’m actually listening to Edward Rochester. The poem is beautiful by itself, but Timothy Dalton’s interpretation makes is simply breathtaking.