O little waking hour of life out of sleep! When I consider the many million years I was not yet, and the many million years I shall not be, it is easy to think of the sleep I shall sleep for the second time without hopes or fears. Surely my sleep for the million years was deep? I remember no dreams from the million years, and it seems I may sleep for as many million years without dreams. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO TIRZAH, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A NEGRO LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR CHRISMUS ON THE PLANTATION by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE MEMORY OF MARTHA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A WATER MILL by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA |