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“Either I am awaking in Elysium, or the gods send to me pleasant dreams before I die.”

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

God guard us both from love's unhappiness and grant us only its sweetness--which you have taught me; to which I am--I am awaking, ... after all these years, ... after all these years without you.

From The Maid-At-Arms by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Violette, dear Violette! it seems to me I am awaking from a long dream.

From Old French Fairy Tales by Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de