Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LULLABY, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY


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First Line: Sleep, brown-eyed, sleep
Last Line: The dew, only the dew.
Subject(s): Dreams; Sleep; Nightmares


Sleep, brown-eyed, sleep.
'Tis but the winds that weep,
Telling from tree to tree
Their ancient misery.
'Tis but the winds that weep.
Sleep. . . . Sleep.
'Tis but the touch of dreams
Upon your mouth that seems
Like groping kisses . . . Sleep!
'Tis but the dreams . . .
And, oh, 'tis but the dew
So bitter tastes to you,
Falling the long night through,
Falling on lips untrue --
The dew, only the dew.





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