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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT OFF GALLIPOLI: 1. A DELIRIOUS VOICE, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poet's Biography
First Line: Sweeter than sleep and the dream of death
Last Line: Being rest.
Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Sea; Sleep; Dead, The; Nightmares; Ocean
First Line: Sweeter than sleep and the dream of death
Last Line: Being rest.
Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Sea; Sleep; Dead, The; Nightmares; Ocean
Sweeter than sleep and the dream of death
To float on the flow of the tempest's breath --
A leaf in the lift of the air's caresses,
A bloom in the sway of the sea's brown tresses,
A bird that the hawk of the storm possesses!
Death, thou art best,
Being rest.
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