Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SLEEP, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: While sways the restless sea Last Line: In dreams love hath no smart, -- sleep! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Dreams; Sea; Sleep; Nightmares; Ocean | ||||||||
While sways the restless sea Beyond the shore, And the waves sing listlessly Their secret lore, And the soft fragrant air From off the deep Scarce stirs thine outspread hair, -- Sleep! Far up in purple skies Great lamps hang out; White flames that fall and rise In motley rout; While fall their silvern rays O'er crag and steep, Woodlands and meadow-ways, -- Sleep! While the moon's amber gleams Gild rock and flow'r, Let no untimely dreams Possess the hour: Let no vague fears the heart 'Mid slumber keep, In dreams love hath no smart, -- Sleep! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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