My Dream, Love C. H. W. (poet; Once a Week) C. H. W. Charles H. Williams Williams, Charles H. Illustrator Unsigned Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team Fralick Kaitlyn University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

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 Poet attribution: possibly by Charles H. Williams, whose pseudonym for periodical poetry in Once a Week in the 1860s was C. H. W. (AC) #poetAttribution Once a Week 5 1 5 76 There is a spirit comes from above font-size: 160%; font-family: gothic; word-spacing: 0.2em; letter-spacing: 0.05em; margin-left: -1em; margin-left: 5em; margin-left: 3em; text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 3.25em; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-left: 1em; font-size: 2.6em; display: block; float: left; margin: -0.2rem 0 -1.2rem -2.2rem; padding: 0 0.25rem 0 0; line-height: 1; display: none; display: inline; display: block; font-size: 1rem; width: 28em; width: 3.5em; margin-left: 11em; Auto-tagged instances of cross-stanza rhyme based on existing labels. Removed catRef and figure for decorative border, per AC, since this is not germane to the poem itself. Set status to 'verified'. Created pom_13758_incid_poem rendition to reset font-sizes. Added useful rendition elements in anticipation of CSS reworking. Marking specific renditions as incidental. Handle base cases of incidental titles that match the titleStmt and have a period or a comma. Added missing MultiPart catRef @target value. Resolved initial-letter CSS into explicit rendition + hi elements using XSLT. Updated repeating figDescs in Once a Week 1880 to remove mention of “typographic”—no longer part of updated DVPP illustration protocols. Re-organized change elements in descending date order. Changed decorative border catRef to typographical. Added typographical initial catRef. Assigned dominant rhyme-scheme value to poem div using automated XSLT. Set status to 'proofed'. Altered font family and spacing.
My Dream, Love.
Decorative initial letter “T” from the word “There”. The letter is contained within a square and is superimposed over a vegetal pattern.
There is a spirit comes from above And rests upon my pillow ev’ry night, Filling the world of visions with delight, And singing to my soul sweet songs of love ! The wonderous land of dreams with thee I rove, Made of fair scenes which day has taught my sight, Drest by thy presence in a garb more bright Than Fairy by enchantment ever wove ! All the night long—such is the spirit’s pleasure— I live with thee in summers always fair ! Amid a troubless world, all calm and leisure, My greatest joy—all joys with thee to share ! Ever I dream thee by my side, my Treasure ! To wake, alas ! and find thee never there ! C. H. W.