I pray but for water before I die.
I dream I am tossing on ocean waves,
Alone and alone for ever and aye;
I shudder to think of the open graves;
Under daisy blossoms I pray to lie.
O daisy buds I am dreaming of you,
Alone and alone for ever and aye;
From a dream of daisies scatter'd with dew
I wake with a start, and a piercing cry.
Let me but dream of affliction and shame,