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Though many are the dreams I dream, They're born within a single theme. The same kind voice I ever hear, Instilling faith, upbraiding fear: The same consoling smile appears To snuff my sighs and dry my tears : And fondest heart, of purest gold, Is hers whose name I here withold, And pray naught ever change my theme, Or wake me from my dream.

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The speaker is dreaming — again and again — but every dream leads back to the same person. He calls these dreams “many,” yet they all share a single theme: a woman whose voice steadies him, gentle enough to give him courage and firm enough to check his fears. Her smile comforts him and dries his tears, and he describes her heart as being of the purest gold. Her name is deliberately left out, which makes the poem feel like a secret or a private tribute. He does not want his dream to change or end, because waking might mean losing that source of reassurance.

The mood is tender, devoted, and a little fragile. It reads like a quiet confession of love, less interested in grand gestures than in the steady comfort of being known and soothed by someone beloved.

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