Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SLEEP, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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First Line: Come, sleep, thou languid, lovely child of night
Last Line: Of heaven into care's domain, o sleep!
Subject(s): Night; Sleep; Bedtime


Come, Sleep, thou languid, lovely child of night,
Deep-eyed and luring in thy tenderness!
Come, close the tired eyes with soft caress
And woo the mind to dreams of still delight!
But yesterday I saw you kiss the white,
Drawn features of a woman in distress;
And then she smiled, forgetful of duress,
It seemed, and drifting to joy's cloudless height.

And this thy gift, O drowsy god of dusk!
To for a space make sensate things a dream
Forgot; to give the fancy form and keep
The soul in visions, making life a husk
Too mean for use; to bring a sacred gleam
Of heaven into care's domain, O Sleep!





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