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Dream and Thing - 1998
supposed to be my grand daughter but is nothing like her
Dream and Thing by Edwin Muir
This is the thing, this truly is the thing
We dreamt it once ; now it has come about
That was the dream, but this is the thing
but time it seems can bring only this thing,
which never has had a doubt that everything is much like everything
and the deep family likeness will come out
We thought the dream would spread its folded wing :
but here's a thing that's neither sick nor well,
stupid nor wise, and has no story to tell,
though everytale about it and about that is the thing,
that is the very thing
Yet take another look and you may bring
from the dull mass each separate splendour out
There is no trust but in the miracle.