CLOSE the book and dim the light, I shall read no more to-night. No -- I am not sleepy, dear -- Do not go: sit by me here In the darkness and the deep Silence of the watch I keep. Something in your presence so Soothes me -- as in long ago I first felt your hand -- as now -- In the darkness touch my brow: I've no other wish than you Thus should fold mine eyelids to, Saying naught of sigh or tear -- Just as God were sitting here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HEART'S RETURN by EDWIN MARKHAM PICTURES OF MEMORY by ALICE CARY OLD SUSAN by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE OF THE REED THAT THE JEWS SET IN OUR SAVIOUR'S HAND by WILLIAM ALABASTER |