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First Line: Sleepest thou still, my own beloved one?
Last Line: And calm with peace which god has whispered thee.


SLEEPEST thou still, my own beloved one?
The air is buoyant with the breath of morn;
The earth that kept last night for sunshine lorn
Smiles once again to greet the blessed sun;
A good June day is cheerily begun:
The bees are glad because of flowers new-born,
The breezelet crisps along the green young corn,
High in blue air rings the lark's clarion.

Wake, my beloved, wake, and come to me!
Come with the dew of youth upon thy hair;
Come, a new warmth upon the happy air,
A sweeter than the roses' fragrancy.
Come, with thine eyes yet deep from holy prayer,
And calm with peace which God has whispered thee.





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