Don Gibson - Beautiful Dreamer Lyrics
Poet Index Poem Index Random SearchIntroduction Timeline Calendar Glossary Criticism BibliographyRPO Canadian Poetry UTELby Nameby Dateby Titleby First Lineby Last LinePoetPoemShort poemKeywordConcordanceStephen C. Foster (1826-1864)Beautiful Dreamer Serenade1Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,2Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;3Sounds of the rude world heard in the day,4Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd a way!5Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,6List while I woo thee with soft melody;7Gone are the cares of life's busy throng, --8Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!9Beautiful dreamer awake unto me!10Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea11Mermaids are chaunting the wild lorelie;12Over the streamlet vapors are borne,13Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.14Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,15E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;16Then will all clouds of sorrow depart, --17Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!18Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Online text copyright 2003, Ian Lancashire for the Department of English, University of Toronto.Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.Original text: Beautiful Dreamer, "the last song ever written" by Stephen C. Foster. Composed but a few days previous to his death (New York: W. A. Pond, 1864). Facsimile in Stephen Foster, Household Songs, Earlier American Music 12, introduction by H. Wiley Hitch***** (New York: Da Capo Press, 1973): 89-93. M780.82 E13 no. 12 Toronto Metro Public Reference Library.First publication date: 1864RPO poem editor: Ian LancashireRP edition: RPO 1998.Recent editing: 1:2002/4/27Composition date: 1864Rhyme: aabb ababb--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other poems by Stephen C. FosterYour comments and questions are welcomed.All contents copyright RPO Editors, Department of English, and University of Toronto Press 1994-2002RPO is hosted by the University of Toronto Libraries.
