[Kaiserin Elisabeth,] Vienna, Dec. 21, 62. I had a beautiful sweet dream of you last night, directly after falling asleep. May it betoken you good — all the good I wish you, cherished Friend, with all my heart ! It affected me much, midst all the stress and misery of the present, that a dream should still remind me of your birthday in good time. That was fine, and I observe that Dream at least still cares for me. Fervent greeting ! Richard Wagner. [For Frau Wesendonck's three-line reply vid. inf. — Wagner's outward history between nos. 134 and 135 is sufficiently indicated in no. 136. He had returned to Vienna the end of April, only to find his Tristan still postponed, and writes from his new ' home ' in what then was an outlying suburb. — 7V.]
Richard Wagner
Source: Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck, translated by Ellis, No. 134