Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti

Fata Morgana

A blue-eyed phantom far before
  Is laughing, leaping toward the sun;
Like lead I chase it evermore,
  I pant and run.

It breaks the sunlight bound on bound;
  Goes singing as it leaps along
To sheep-bells with a dreamy sound
  A dreamy song.

I laugh, it is so brisk and gay;
  It is so far before, I weep:
I hope I shall lie down some day,
  Lie down and sleep.

1. The Lambs of Grasmere, 1860
2. A Peal of Bells
3. In the Round Tower at Jhansi, June 8, 1857
4. Confluents
5. Song (O roses for the flush of youth)

Henry Longfellow Fata Morgana ("O sweet illusions of Song")

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