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Poem by Louisa May Alcott


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"I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty;
I woke, and found that life was duty.
Was thy dream then a shadowy lie?
Toil on, sad heart, courageously,
And thou shall find thy dream to be
A noonday light and truth to thee."



Louisa May Alcott


Louisa May Alcott's other poems:
  1. Don't Drive Me Away
  2. Welcome, Mighty Chief, Once More
  3. Chingery Wangery Chan
  4. The Mother Moon
  5. Dear Grif


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