Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A SLEEPING MAID, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Do not rudely wake her, nor reproach Last Line: That finds in dreams a world more fair than this. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Dreams; Life; Sleep; Women; Nightmares | ||||||||
OH! do not rudely wake her, nor reproach Those pulsing limbs for this hostility To timid life, that cast in death-like way What he had moulded for his ecstasy. Nay! rather pity one so keen to leave For swift oblivion that alluring world, Whose morning sun doth seek with gentle breath To lift the lashes on her soft cheek curled. Sleep! enemy of life, and jealous foe Of this earth's joys, now holds her to his kiss. Then let her lie; hers is a goodly choice That finds in dreams a world more fair than this. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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