Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM SAGESSE, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Slumber dark and deep Last Line: Silence, like the grave. Subject(s): Dreams; Rest; Silence; Sleep; Nightmares | ||||||||
SLUMBER dark and deep Falls across my life; I will put to sleep Hope, desire and strife. All things pass away, Good and evil seem To my soul to-day Nothing but a dream; I a cradle laid In a hollow cave, By a great hand swayed: Silence, like the grave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE |
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