Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GO TO SLEEP, by ELLA WARNER FISHER


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GO TO SLEEP, by                    
First Line: At the unseen portal waiting
Last Line: Down the quiet aisles of sleep.
Subject(s): Sleep


At the unseen portal waiting,
As I have waited oft before,
Beside the heavy curtain,
The brown unmoving curtain
That billows to the floor.

Often I have waited
But I never saw the rift. ...
In a single golden moment,
A swift unguarded moment,
Unconsciously I drift. ...

There may be a sleepless warder
With orders strict to keep
The secret of the portal
That leads an unshod mortal
Down the quiet aisles of sleep.





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