The Dreamless Bed
Hold my head upon that pillow,
And await the foretold morrow,
Yet wish to dream no dreadful sorrow;
What a soulless mind that lies dead,
Weeping aside that dreamless bed.
If the moon glances the peaceful sea,
As a bridge between a woeful tree,
Why whence dim that shining entity?
What a marvelous skin that once bled,
Now caressing that dreamless bed.
I lay upon that charted floor
That tends to leech my vision's lore,
Entrapping me within its bore;
I am not wrong to fold that weary thread,
But to falter in that dreamless bed.
Though the sun shall bloom soon,
After that gentle quiet moon,
And I awake from that hopeless doom;
I did not dream what lies ahead,
When I slept in that dreamless bed.
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 38 sec read
- 4 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAABB CCCBB DDDBB EEXBB |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 679 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"The Dreamless Bed" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/86538/the-dreamless-bed>.
Discuss the poem The Dreamless Bed with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In