Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROAD OF SLEEP, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: He seems by day so strong, so gay! Last Line: "love, help me or I die! " Subject(s): Sleep | ||||||||
HE seems by day so strong, so gay! All day we laugh and sing: This morning he said, "My last night's sleep Was such a pleasant thing." Yet all the night and all the night I thought I heard him cry, "My soul has got a bitter wound! Love, help me or I die." I laid my hand on him and cried, "Love, did you call on me? " "You waked me from a pleasant sleep, Heart of my heart," said he. Oh, whither leads that road of sleep Down which we fare alone? There was never a dream in all the night Could show where he was gone. Some wound he may not feel at all Because it lies too deep, With a loud voice cried out on me! I heard it in my sleep. What strange things happen in thee, O Sleep! Last night I heard him cry, "My soul has got a bitter wound! Love, help me or I die! " | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 3 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 22 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE GOING TO SLEEP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE BLUE NAP by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SONGS FOR MY MOTHER: 2. HER HANDS by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |
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