Mirage... Christina Rosetti...
The hope I dreamed of was a dream,
   Was but a dream; and now I wake,
exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old,
   For a dream's sake
I hang my harp upon a tree,
   A weeping willow in a lake;
I hang my silenced harp there, wrung and snapt
   For a dream's sake.
Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart;
   My silent heart, lie still and break:
Life, and the world, and mine own self, are changed
   For a dream's sake.

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