Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON


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First Line: Slumber on! While I watch o'er thee
Last Line: Which I see before me now.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Rest; Sleep


SLUMBER on! while I watch o'er thee,
Slumber in unbroken rest!
Fittest guard to stand before thee
Is the friend who loves thee best!

Slumber on! and should'st thou, dreaming
Of the starry realms above,
See an angel spirit, beaming
With a smile of heaven-born love;

One with golden hair down flowing,
One whom spotless robes invest,
With a seraph's radiance glowing,
Tranquil, pure, and bright, and blest;—

Such the beauteous form which, waking,
Gazing on thy peaceful brow,
Such the form, sweet slumber taking,
Which I see before me now.





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