Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VILLANELLE OF SUNSET, by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON


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First Line: Come hither, child! And rest
Last Line: Behold, the weary west!
Subject(s): Sleep


COME hither, Child! and rest:
This is the end of day,
Behold the weary West!

Sleep rounds with equal zest
Man's toil and children's play:
Come hither, Child! and rest.

My white bird, seek thy nest,
Thy drooping head down lay:
Behold the weary West!

Now are the flowers confest
Of slumber: sleep, as they!
Come hither, Child! and rest.

Now eve is manifest,
And homeward lies our way:
Behold the weary West!

Tired flower! upon my breast,
I would wear thee alway:
Come hither, Child! and rest;
Behold, the weary West!





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