What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in you hand
Ah, what then?
What if you slept ... by Samuel Taylor Coleridge • 176 poems by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeEdit
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in Ottery St. Mary on 21 October 1772, youngest of the ten children of John Coleridge, a minister, and Ann Bowden Coleridge. He was often bullied as a child by Frank, the next youngest, and his mother was apparently a bit distant, so it was no surprise when Col ran away at age seven. He was found early the next morning by a neighbor, but the events of his night outdoors frequently showed up in imagery in his poems (and his nightmares) as well as the notebooks he kept for most of his adult life. John Coleridge died in 1781, and Col was sent away to a London charity school for children of the clergy. He stayed with his maternal uncle. Col was really quite a prodigy; he devoured books and eventually earned first place in his class.
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The epitome of minimalistic elegance. Just divine. YWFK What if?
The poet has a great imagination power and can imagine a wonderful fantasy, like some very beautiful dream coming true. Miracles are not confined to a certain age, can happen anywhere, any time. Normally, seeing is believing but some times when the imagination is too strong, believing is seeing and then believing becomes more strong. After reciting this poem so many times,
I slept
And in my sleep
I dreamed …
And In my dream
I went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And When I awoke
I had that flower in my hand
Ah, it happened.
So I believe it's a divine poem and a beautiful dream and a holy imagination by this great poet.
