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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SERENADE, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, hearing sleep, and sleeping hear Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius | |||
OH, hearing sleep, and sleeping hear, The while we dare to call thee dear, So may thy dreams be good, altho' The loving power thou dost not know. As music parts the silence,-lo! Through heaven the stars begin to peep, To comfort us that darkling pine Because those fairer lights of thine Have set into the Sea of Sleep. Yet closed still thine eyelids keep; And may our voices through the sphere Of Dreamland all as softly rise As through these shadowy rural dells, Where bashful Echo somewhere dwells, And touch thy spirit to as soft replies. May peace from gentle guardian skies, Till watches of the dark are worn, Surround thy bed, and joyous morn Makes all the chamber rosy bright! Good-night! - From far-off fields is borne The drowsy Echo's faint' Good-night,'- Good-night! Good-night! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALF-WAKING by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM MARY DONNELLY by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE DIRTY OLD MAN by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE FAIRIES by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE WINDING BANKS OF ERNE; OR, THE EMIGRANT'S ADIEU TO HIS BIRTHPLACE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM A BURIAL-PLACE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM A DAY OF DAYS by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |
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