A Sleep of Dreams

O travelled road , rough and worn,

I've walked with ease on many morn

Down your path of known delights

I've trodden through on many nights -

To sleep a dreamless sleep...

My footsteps echo not within

These well-known paths where I have been -

O how I crave my soul's respite

To dream of life within this night-

To sleep a sleep of dreams...

O travelled road, you're all I've known,

But fever deep inside has grown

To forge a path no others might,

To realize a dream tonight -

To sleep a sleep of dreams...

The trodden path is worn and long -

Each day soon brings a seasoned song

That's sung till light has turned to night

And dulls the life with no delight -

To sleep a dreamless sleep...

Yet there's a field of emerald green

Where no foot has passed nor ever been -

Down unseen path toward dawning light,

I'll stay until the sweetest night -

To sleep a sleep of dreams....