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First Line: Of that so sweet imprisonment
Last Line: Where soul with soul lies prisoned.
Subject(s): Sleep; Love


Of that so sweet imprisonment

My soul, dearest, is fain -- -

Soft arms that woo me to relent

And woo me to detain.

Ah, could they ever hold me there
Gladly were I a prisoner!


Dearest, through interwoven arms

By love made tremulous,

That night allures me where alarms

Nowise may trouble us;

But sleep to dreamier sleep be wed
Where soul with soul lies prisoned.







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