 | [Poems by Payne in] John Howard Payne ... his life and writings |  |
BEAUTY SLEEPING.
Sweet is her sleep!
As moonlight that sleeps on the river
Where evening's soft sighs scarcely quiver.
Sweet is her sleep!
As moonlight that sleeps on the river
Where evening's soft sighs scarcely quiver.
Sweet is her sleep!
The charm of that beautiful face
O'er the image of death beams a grace!
Sweet is her sleep!
O'er the image of death beams a grace!
Sweet is her sleep!
The angel of slumber she seems,
Reclined in her heaven of dreams!
Sweet is her sleep.
Reclined in her heaven of dreams!
Sweet is her sleep.
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