Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Repose! best blessing! wonderful and deep—]
Repose! best blessing! wonderful and deep—Rich gift of Heaven! scarce prized as it should be—
Great, gracious gift of rest!—how thankfully
Should man receive it—who oft wakes to weep
Through his own crimes or follies!—Blessed sleep!—
When we are sooth'd, and hush'd, and calm'd by thee—
From all toils spared—from every trouble free—
What watch doth Mercy o'er our slumbers keep—
What mighty changes are progressing round,
What wonders are achieved, what works are wrought
In this great universe, without a bound!
What acts, what triumphs—far surpassing thought!
What stir, what preparation—vast, profound!
While we are stretched in peace, perplexed, disturbed by nought!
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