SLUMBER on! while I watch o'er thee, Slumber in unbroken rest! Fittest guard to stand before thee Is the friend who loves thee best! Slumber on! and should'st thou, dreaming Of the starry realms above, See an angel spirit, beaming With a smile of heaven-born love; One with golden hair down flowing, One whom spotless robes invest, With a seraph's radiance glowing, Tranquil, pure, and bright, and blest;— Such the beauteous form which, waking, Gazing on thy peaceful brow, Such the form, sweet slumber taking, Which I see before me now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TRAVELLER AT THE SOURCE OF THE NILE by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE FLITCH OF BACON: MY OLD COMPLAINT (ITS CAUSE AND CURE) by WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 15. RATHER DEEDS THAN WORDS by PHILIP AYRES ON THE DEATH OF MRS. MARTINEAU by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE GULF by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |