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A HIDING-PLACE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHERE LIES THE LIDDED SLEEP
Last Line: SWEET FORGETFULNESS OF PAIN.
Subject(s): SLEEP;

Where lies the lidded sleep
Throughout the waking hours?
Bee-like, in the honeyed deep
Of her favorite flowers,
Where the drowsy drops distil
Dreams, the coming night to fill,
Or, to soothe the weary brain,
Sweet forgetfulness of pain.



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