Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN INVOCATION, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY



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First Line: Sweet sleep, with mellow palms
Last Line: And walled with harps, and roofed with crowns of gold!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Dreams; Magic; Sleep; Nightmares


SWEET Sleep, with mellow palms trailed listlessly
Above mine eyelids, folding out the light
Of coming day, and shutting in the night
That gave but now such wondrous dreams to me --
Bide with me yet with thy dear sorcery,
Until once more I grow forgetful quite
Of all the cares that blur my waking sight
With dim, regretful tears! I beg of thee
To lift again thy wand with magic filled,
And filter through my faith the words: Behold,
Aladdin, as thou badest me, I build
A new dream o'er the ruins of the old --
Thine all eternal palace, silver-silled,
And walled with harps, and roofed with crowns of gold!





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