Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Sleep's mantle of blest softness soon shall wind]
Sleep's mantle of blest softness soon shall windMy thoughts within its folds—charmed folds and deep,
And Angel guests thou surely bring'st, bright Sleep,
With thee, until the tired and harassed mind
That slender portion of repose could find
In the loud day—doth priceless blessings reap
Of rest and quiet—thou dost richly steep
The senses in thy honey-dews refined,
And thy caressing gentleness can lull
All trouble and all care awhile to rest,
Thou hast a Paradise o' the Beautiful,
For ev'ry scathed and vision-haunted guest,
And dull are they—Oh! poor of thought and dull
That have not many a time Sleep's sorceress-power confessed!
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