Felicia Hemans

“ Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 30, Page 529
DREAMS OF HEAVEN,
BY MRS HEMANS.
Dream'st thou of Heaven?—What dreams are thine?
Fair child, fair gladsome child!
With eyes that like the dewdrop shine,
And bounding footstep wild.
Tell me what hues th' immortal shore
Can wear, my Bird! to thee,
Ere yet one shadow hath pass'd o'er
Thy glance and spirit free?
"Oh! beautiful is heaven, and bright
With long, long summer days! ”