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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SLEEP, by WINIFRED LUCAS
First Line: The day's spent life goes out with night
Last Line: For only themselves to see.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Night; Sleep; Bedtime
First Line: The day's spent life goes out with night
Last Line: For only themselves to see.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Night; Sleep; Bedtime
THE day's spent life goes out with night,
The last sweet breath of it drawn;
Our half of the world gives up its light
For the beautiful hope of dawn.
Of a little world that's lost in sleep
The actual earth goes free,—
The world your eyes receive and keep
For only themselves to see.
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