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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SLEEP, by JOHN WOLCOTT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, gentle sleep! Attend thy votary's prayer
Last Line: And, without dying, o how sweet to die!
Alternate Author Name(s): Pindar, Peter; Wolcot, John
Subject(s): Rest; Sleep
First Line: Come, gentle sleep! Attend thy votary's prayer
Last Line: And, without dying, o how sweet to die!
Alternate Author Name(s): Pindar, Peter; Wolcot, John
Subject(s): Rest; Sleep
Come, gentle sleep! attend thy votary's prayer,
And, though death's image, to my couch repair;
How sweet, though lifeless, yet with life to lie,
And, without dying, O how sweet to die!
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