All Things Human

I Dreamed Your Face
by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster (1838-1912)

I dreamed your face, one night, when Heaven seemed resting,
Against the troubled fever of the earth;
I dreamed that vivid throated birds were nesting,
In trees that shook with elfin-hearted mirth.
I dreamed that star-like purple flowers were springing
A-throb with perfume all about the place,
And that there was a far-off sound of singing