Song
Love thou thy dream All base love scorning, Love thou the wind And here take warning That dreams alone can truly be, For 'tis in dream I come to thee.
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Song - meaning Summary
Dream Love as Truer
Pound's short lyric urges the beloved to prize visionary, spiritual love over mundane attachment. The speaker dismisses "base" love and invokes ephemeral images — wind and dreams — as truer avenues for connection. The closing line reveals why: the speaker approaches and unites with the beloved only within dream-space. The poem frames longing as an inward, imaginative encounter rather than a physical or social bond.
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