Sweetly sleep in peaceful pleasure, Now thy wearied eyelids close; May some strain of blissful measure Lull thy heart to calm repose. Lost joys shall sleep restore thee, Seraphs above watch o'er thee! Heav'n's brightest joys before thee, Sleep shall disclose. Sweetly sleep! oh, what can sever True affection's constancy? Tho' thine eye should close forever, Ne'er should sleep my love for thee. Lost joys shall sleep restore thee, Seraphs above watch o'er thee! Heav'n's brightest joys before thee, Sleep shall disclose. Sweetly sleep, and may the morrow Wake thee with its freshning light, Wake to-day undimm'd by sorrow, Sleep thou sweetly all the night. Lost joys shall sleep restore thee, Seraphs above watch o'er thee! Heav'n's brightest joys before thee, Sleep shall disclose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS by FRANCIS HOPKINSON HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: THE MARSHES OF GLYNN by SIDNEY LANIER A NET TO SNARE THE MOONLIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY OUR DAILY BREAD by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK SONNET TO W-- P-- by BERNARD BARTON |