Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INVOCATION TO SLEEP, by CAROLINE LAMB


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First Line: Oh balm of nature to the mind opprest
Last Line: Lull, with thy poppy wreath, my soul to rest!
Subject(s): Rest; Sleep


Oh balm of nature to the mind opprest,
Descend and calm the tumults of my breast;
Bind with Oblivion's veil these wakeful eyes,
And still the varying passions as they rise;
While airy dreams, in Fancy's fictious light,
Sport in the gloomy darkness of the night;
And a bright Angel, borne on silver wings,
To heaven's high arch his song of triumph sings:
Oh, sleep! descend, and, on thy downy breast,
Lull, with thy poppy wreath, my soul to rest!





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