In visions of the dark night
I have dreamt of a joy departed
But a waking dream of life and light
Have left me broken hearted
Have left me broken hearted
Ah
What is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past
That unholy dream- that unholy dream
While all the world were chiding
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding
A lonely spirit
Guiding
What through that light, through storm and night,
So trembled from afar
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth's day star