The Sundial - A Dream lyrics

[Verse 1:] In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted Ah! what is not a dream by day To him whose eyes are cast On things around him with a ray Turned back upon the past? [piano & violin solo] [Verse 2:] That holy dream - that holy dream While all the world were chiding Hath cheered me as a lovely beam A lonely spirit guiding What though that light, thro' storm and night So trembled from afar What could there be more purely bright In Truth's day - star? [violin solo] A dream... A dream... That holy dream - that holy dream While all the world were chiding Hath cheered me as a lovely beam A lonely spirit guiding What though that light, thro' storm and night So trembled from afar What could there be more purely bright In Truth's day - star? A dream... A dream... In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted Ah! what is not a dream by day To him whose eyes are cast On things around him with a ray Turned back upon the past?