I Now of this nearness take your deep repose; Put the dim world aside. . . . Peace like the sea, as level and as wide, Over your eyelids flows. II No time can touch you, where the slow profound Measures of silence beat Eternally, whose music is complete Beyond all earthly sound. III Weighted with darkness bend your sorrowful head; The wind upon your brow -- The firm, cool touch of quiet -- softly now Is laid, till light be fled. IV Gone is the hunger -- the insatiate thing -- The slowly ravening flame; Vanished the fear that had no certain name, Most sure their banishing. V Slow tides of air move over you to fold The ancient darkness near, Where silently through cloud, faint stars appear, That are so still and old. VI Oh, never shall the dream of morning find Its way to you, nor break Your shadow-marvel of rest, to bid you wake And leave your peace behind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I COULD TAKE by HAYDEN CARRUTH FRAGMENTS WRITTEN WHILE TRAVELING...A MIDWESTERN HEAT WAVE by JAMES GALVIN THEY HAVEN'T HEARD THE WEST IS OVER by JAMES GALVIN DESPAIR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |