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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSOMNIA, by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS Poet's Biography
First Line: A house of sleepers - I, alone unblest
Last Line: Oh, let me hot be last to fall asleep!
Subject(s): Insomnia; Life; Sleeplessness
First Line: A house of sleepers - I, alone unblest
Last Line: Oh, let me hot be last to fall asleep!
Subject(s): Insomnia; Life; Sleeplessness
A HOUSE of sleepers -- I, alone unblest,
Am yet awake and empty vigil keep.
When these, who spend life's day with me, find rest,
Oh, let me hot be last to fall asleep!
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