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stephen c. foster (1826-1864)

beautiful dreamer serenade

1beautiful 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 p-ss’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 sea
11mermaids 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!

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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 hitchc-ck (new york: da capo press, 1973): 89-93. m780.82 e13 no. 12 toronto metro public reference library.
first publication date: 1864
rpo poem editor: ian lancashire
rp edition: rpo 1998.
recent editing: 1: 2002/4/27

composition date: 1864
rhyme: aabb ababb

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