Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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GOOD NIGHT!—GOOD NIGHT!— |
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GOOD NIGHT!—GOOD NIGHT!—
Good Night!—good Night!—my gentle one—
Go to thy happy dreams!
The sun to-day that o'er thee shone—
For thee repairs his beams.
Go to thy happy dreams!
The sun to-day that o'er thee shone—
For thee repairs his beams.
To-morrow shall thy tearless eyes
Behold a world of light—
The very sunshine in the skies
For thee, sure, grows more bright!
Behold a world of light—
The very sunshine in the skies
For thee, sure, grows more bright!
Good Night! Good Night! my gentle one,
Sleep but to dream of me,
Who Day and Night thus live alone,
On one deep thought of thee.
Sleep but to dream of me,
Who Day and Night thus live alone,
On one deep thought of thee.
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Aye! that deep thought is now my soul,
None other may I know;
I dwell beneath its strong controul,
And I would have it so!
None other may I know;
I dwell beneath its strong controul,
And I would have it so!
Good Night! Good Night! my gentle one,
Go to thy happy dreams;
And bask thee in the brightest sun,
Rest by the calmest streams.
Go to thy happy dreams;
And bask thee in the brightest sun,
Rest by the calmest streams.
The stars shall watch above thy sleep,
Like gracious, guardian things;
And night, the shadowy and the deep,
Shade thee with her soft wings.
Like gracious, guardian things;
And night, the shadowy and the deep,
Shade thee with her soft wings.
Good Night! Good Night! thou gentlest one,
I wake to watch and weep—
But let me watch in tears alone!
So thou in peace may sleep!—
I wake to watch and weep—
But let me watch in tears alone!
So thou in peace may sleep!—
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The soft stars and the shadows are
My soul's companions then—
But on that soul its one bright star,
'Ere long must rise again!
My soul's companions then—
But on that soul its one bright star,
'Ere long must rise again!
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