Chang Tzu's Butterfly

The sunlight with its alchoholic dew
Has charmed my eyes to blink aside the day
And when it ope'd the night was choking vapor
And mortal panic ticked away the seconds

Was I meant...

To toil my nights and rest my days?
To dream my life and live my dreams?

I am not sure I understand the first line, but it's itneresting nonetheless. the third line I'd rather see you get rid of the 'and' and expand the opened. Why is it 'it' there -- wouldn't it be 'they' (two eyes?) in L4 could the 'and' be 'my'?

The last bit is interesting. Not unthought of, but interestingly put. There is a somewhat eastern feel to the ending sentiment, I think. Though, perhaps that's more 19th century German philosophy than Eastern.