Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR SLEEP WHEN OVERTIRED OR WORRIED, by SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN Poet's Biography First Line: Cares and anxieties Last Line: I sleep ... I rest ... I sleep. Subject(s): Sleep | ||||||||
Cares and anxieties, I roll you all up in a bundle together; I carry you across the meadow to the river. River, I am throwing in a bundle of cares and anxieties. Float it away to the sea! Now I come slowly back across the meadow, Slowly into the house, Slowly up to my room. The night is quiet and cool; The lights are few and dim; The sounds are drowsy and far away and melting into each other; Melting into the night. Sleep comes creeping nearer, creeping nearer; It goes over my head like a wave. I sleep ... I rest ... I sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 3 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 22 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE GOING TO SLEEP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE BLUE NAP by WILLIAM MATTHEWS COMRADE JESUS by SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN |
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