ASLEEP! O sleep a little while, white pearl! And let me kneel, and let me pray to thee, And let me call Heaven's blessing on thine eyes, And let me breathe into the happy air, That doth enfold and touch thee all about, Vows of my slavery, my giving up, My sudden adoration, my great love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TEARS AND KISSES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON THE WAY (PHILADELPHIA, 1794) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON LOVE AT SEA by THEOPHILE GAUTIER THE CAGED GOLDFINCH by THOMAS HARDY IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 74 by ALFRED TENNYSON THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY THE LIFE OF RILEY by BERTON BRALEY |