Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FORESTERS: SONG, by ALFRED TENNYSON


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First Line: To sleep! To sleep! The long bright day is done
Last Line: To sleep! To sleep!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): England; English


To sleep! to sleep! The long bright day is done,
And darkness rises from the fallen sun.
To sleep! to sleep!
Whate'er thy joys, they vanish with the day,
Whate'er thy griefs, in sleep they fade away;
To sleep! to sleep!
Sleep, mournful heart and let the past be past!
Sleep, happy soul, all life will sleep at last.
To sleep! to sleep!




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