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...THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS (A CAT'S TALE, WITH ADDITIONS) by ELIZA LEE CABOT FOLLEN THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK by ROBERT HERRICK A GIRL OF POMPEII by EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN THE TROOP SHIP by ISAAC ROSENBERG |