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GO TO SLEEP by ELLA WARNER FISHER

First Line: AT THE UNSEEN PORTAL WAITING
Last Line: DOWN THE QUIET AISLES OF SLEEP.
Subject(s): SLEEP;
At the unseen portal waiting,
As I have waited oft before,
Beside the heavy curtain,
The brown unmoving curtain
That billows to the floor.

Often I have waited
But I never saw the rift. ...
In a single golden moment,
A swift unguarded moment,
Unconsciously I drift. ...

There may be a sleepless warder
With orders strict to keep
The secret of the portal
That leads an unshod mortal
Down the quiet aisles of sleep.



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