Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIS VIGIL, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY



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First Line: Close the book and dim the light
Last Line: Just as god were sitting here.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Books; God; Night; Reading; Bedtime


CLOSE the book and dim the light,
I shall read no more to-night.
No -- I am not sleepy, dear --
Do not go: sit by me here
In the darkness and the deep
Silence of the watch I keep.
Something in your presence so
Soothes me -- as in long ago
I first felt your hand -- as now --
In the darkness touch my brow:
I've no other wish than you
Thus should fold mine eyelids to,
Saying naught of sigh or tear --
Just as God were sitting here.





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