<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Angel" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake . It was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience in 1794 . </P> <P> I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? And that I was a maiden Queen Guarded by an Angel mild: Witless woe was ne'er beguiled! And I wept both night and day, And he wiped my tears away; And I wept both day and night, And hid from him my heart's delight . So he took his wings, and fled; Then the morn blushed rosy red . I dried my tears, and armed my fears With ten thousand shields and spears . Soon my Angel came again; I was armed, he came in vain; For the time of youth was fled, And grey hairs were on my head . </P>

I dreamt a dream what can it mean