Quote#Dreams
Ah, the strange, sweet, lonely delight
Quote byWilliam Sharp · 1855–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dream Fantasy, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
Ah, the strange, sweet, lonely delight Of the Valleys of Dream.
— William Sharp
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