Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TRAGEDY OF VALENTINIAN: SLUMBER SONG, by JOHN FLETCHER


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THE TRAGEDY OF VALENTINIAN: SLUMBER SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Care-charming sleep, thou easer of all woes, / brother to death
Last Line: And kiss him into slumbers like a bride.
Variant Title(s): Song For The Sick Emperor;invocation To Sleep
Subject(s): Sleep


Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes,
Brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose
On this afflicted prince; fall like a cloud,
In gentle showers; give nothing that is loud,
Or painful to his slumbers; easy, light,
And as a purling stream, thou son of Night,
Pass by his troubled senses; sing his pain,
Like hollow murmuring wind or silver rain;
Into this prince gently, oh, gently slide,
And kiss him into slumbers like a bride.





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