Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SONG OF FIONULA, by WILLIAM SHARP


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THE SONG OF FIONULA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sleep, sleep, brothers dear, sleep and dream
Last Line: To sleep and dream, ah, that is well indeed!
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Brothers; Comfort; Death; Dreams; Sleep; Half-brothers; Dead, The; Nightmares


Sleep, sleep, brothers dear, sleep and dream,
Nothing so sweet lies hid in all your years.
Life is a storm-swept gleam
In a rain of tears:
Why wake to a bitter hour, to sigh, to weep?
How better far to sleep—
To sleep and dream.

To sleep and dream, ah, that were well indeed:
Better than sighs, better than tears,
Ye can have nothing better for your meed
In all the years.
Why wake to a bitter hour, to sigh, to weep?
How better far to sleep—
To sleep and dream, ah, that is well indeed!





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