Dream I—or in the corner where I lie,

On winter nights, just covered from the sky;

Such is my fate, and barren as it seem,

Yet, thou blind soulless scorner! yet, I dream.

And, yet, I dream—

Dream what, were man more just, I might have been!

How strong, how fair, how kindly and serene,

Glowing of heart, and glorious of mien,

The conscious crown to Nature’s blissful scene;

In just and equal brotherhood to glean,