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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SLEEP, by VIRGINIA MOORE Poet's Biography First Line: There is quick-sand in sleep, and quick-silver Last Line: In a coffin of temporal sand. . . . Alternate Author Name(s): Untermeyer, Louis, Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Drugs & Drug Abuse; Sleep; Dead, The | |||
There is quick-sand in sleep, and quick-silver, Seven fathoms of inert bog. . . . I sink to my waist in coma And flounder in silver fog. A stupor enveigles my marrow, While quagmires of silver deceit Insist on a silver surrender And suck at my padded feet. In a moment my soul will sag, sullen, Indifferent, my opiate hand: I shall lie like a nugget of silver In a coffin of temporal sand. . . . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND AN INVITATION by VIRGINIA MOORE |
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