I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? <br /> And that I was a maiden Queen <br /> Guarded by an Angel mild: <br /> Witless woe was ne'er beguiled! <br /> <br /> And I wept both night and day, <br /> And he wiped my tears away; <br /> And I wept both day and night, <br /> And hid from him my heart's delight. <br /> <br /> So he took his wings, and fled; <br /> Then the morn blushed rosy red. <br /> I dried my tears, and armed my fears <br /> With ten-thousand shields and spears. <br /> <br /> Soon my Angel came again; <br /> I was armed, he came in vain; <br /> For the time of youth was fled, <br /> And grey hairs were on my head.<br /><br />William Blake<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-angel-26/
