"Good-night, sleep well!" we say to those we love, And watch dear faces glimmer on the stair, And hear faint footfalls in the rooms above Sound on the quiet air, Yet feel no fear, though lonely they must go The road of slumber's strange oblivion: Dark always wears to dawn, Sleep is so gentle, and so well we know, Wherever they have gone, They will be safe until the morning light, Good-night, good-night! Good-night, sleep well, belovèds, when the last Slow dusk has fallen, and your steps no more Make music on the empty upper floor, And day is fully past. We who so lightly let you go alone, Evening by evening, from our trustful sight Into the mystery of sleep's unknown— We need not fear, tonight, Death is so gentle—dark will break to dawn ... Love will be safe until the morning light. Sleep well, good-night! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEXT DAY; IN THE TRAIN by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA FAREWELL by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE WANDERING WILLIE by ROBERT BURNS THE GRATEFUL SWAN by ALICE CARY OLNEY HYMNS: 4. JEHOVAH-NISSI, THE LORD IS MY BANNER by WILLIAM COWPER |