Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO - (6), by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sleep on, sleep on, another hour Last Line: Must wake to weep. | ||||||||
Sleep on, sleep on, another hour -- I would not break so calm a sleep, To wake to sunshine and to show'r, To smile and weep. Sleep on, sleep on, like sculptured thing, Majestic, beautiful art thou; Sure seraph fans thee with his wing And fans thy brow -- We would not deem thee child of earth, For, O, angelic is thy form! But that in heav'n thou had'st thy birth, Where comes no storm To mar the bright, the perfect flow'r, But all is beautiful and still -- And golden sands proclaim the hour Which brings no ill. Sleep on, sleep on, some fairy dream Perchance is woven in thy sleep -- But, O, thy spirit, calm, serene, Must wake to weep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANNABEL LEE by EDGAR ALLAN POE BRIDAL BALLAD by EDGAR ALLAN POE CATHOLIC HYMN by EDGAR ALLAN POE EULALIE; A SONG by EDGAR ALLAN POE |
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