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First Line: Put the sweet thoughts from out thy mind
Last Line: That death is gentle too.
Subject(s): Death; Sleep; Dead, The


Put the sweet thoughts from out thy mind,
The dreams from out thy breast ;
No joy for thee -- but thou shalt find
Thy rest

ALL day I could not work for woe,
I could not work nor rest ;
The trouble drove me to and fro,
Like a leaf on the storm's breast.

Night came and saw my sorrow cease ;
Sleep in the chamber stole ;
Peace crept about my limbs, and peace
Fell on my stormy soul.

And now I think of only this, --
How I again may woo
The gentle sleep -- who promises
That death is gentle too.







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