'You should appear less often in my dreams'
by Anna Akhmatova
You should appear less often in my dreams,
Since we meet so frequently;
Yet only in night's sanctuary
Are you sad, troubled, and tender.
And sweeter than seraphic praise
Is your lips' dear flatteryβ¦
Ah, in dreams you won't mistake my name,
Or gently sigh, as you do here.
This poem is featured in our selection of 100 Great Poems.
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