Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UPON STEALING A CROWN WHEN THE DEAN WAS ASLEEP, by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738)


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UPON STEALING A CROWN WHEN THE DEAN WAS ASLEEP, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear dean, since you in sleepy wise
Last Line: That all you lose belongs to me.
Subject(s): Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)


Dear Dean, since you in sleepy wise
Have oped your mouth and closed your eyes,
Like ghost I glide along your floor,
And softly shut the parlor door;
For should I break your sweet repose,
Who knows what money you might lose,
Since oftentimes it has been found
A dream has giv'n ten thousand pound.
Then sleep, my friend, dear Dean, sleep on,
And all you get shall be your own;
Provided you to this agree,
That all you lose belongs to me.





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