Dream-Songs for the Belovèd

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Dream-Songs for the Belovèd

by Eleanor Farjeon

EN·~42 minutes·26 chapters

Chapters

26 total

DREAM-SONGSFOR THE BELOVÈD

0:51

TO MY MOTHER

0:47

DREAM-SONGS FOR THE BELOVÈD

3:03

IN LOVE'S HOUSE

1:42

DOUBLE BEAUTY

0:23

440 B.C.

2:29

FOGBOUND

1:32

THE DANCE-RING

1:38

THE HAPPY SHEPHERD

0:31

POPLARS AT NIGHT

0:24

Description

A luminous tapestry of verses unfolds, inviting listeners into a dream‑filled realm where love, loss, and timeless yearning swirl like phoenix‑fire across a quiet, golden shore. The opening poems address a beloved mother with feathered song, then move through imagined landscapes—a silent land where desire is empty, a moon‑lit sea of dew, and an asphodel meadow where past lovers whisper their peace. Each piece balances delicate lyricism with a meditative stillness, offering a gentle rhythm that feels both intimate and expansive.

The collection continues to explore the inner sanctuary of “Love’s House,” where the speaker offers songs as gifts that drift like fragrant wind, only to be met with quiet resistance. This tension between the desire to create and the restraint of the beloved creates a subtle, evolving dialogue that resonates long after the final line. Listeners will find a soothing, contemplative journey that lingers like a soft lantern’s glow in the night.

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Language

en

Duration

~42 minutes (41K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Larry B. Harrison, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Release date

2017-11-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Eleanor Farjeon

Eleanor Farjeon

1881–1965

Best remembered for the hymn “Morning Has Broken,” she was also a gifted English writer whose children’s stories mixed wonder, humor, and a sharp eye for grown-up foolishness. Her work earned some of the highest honors in children’s literature and still feels warm, playful, and original.

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