 | The Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston |  |
BEFORE SLEEPING.
When I sleep, Love, be thou near;Let me hear
In my heart thy voice, and say,
“All the day
I have done thy will and hers.”
Sleep confers
Many blessings; but, to me,
What shall be
Half so sweet as dreamless rest?
That is best!
If she come in any dream,
And I seem
To embrace her while I cry,
“Thou and I
Are together once again,”
How the pain
Of awakening should I bear?
O Love, hear!
Keep all evil dreams away;
Only say,
“By thy side my watch I keep,
Sleep, son, sleep!”
| The Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston | |