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WAKING DREAMS by WINIFRED LUCAS

First Line: I HEED THEE NOT! THEN, SLEEP, AWAY
Last Line: TOO BRIGHTLY TO BE SUNK IN SLEEP.
Subject(s): SLEEP;
I HEED thee not! Then, Sleep, away!
Before the fast approaching morn
Drape all the rainy world in grey,
And rise on me in timely scorn,
I must dream out a waking dream,—
I have a sunny crop to reap,
Of tears that through the darkness gleam
Too brightly to be sunk in sleep.



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