While sways the restless sea Beyond the shore, And the waves sing listlessly Their secret lore, And the soft fragrant air From off the deep Scarce stirs thine outspread hair, -- Sleep! Far up in purple skies Great lamps hang out; White flames that fall and rise In motley rout; While fall their silvern rays O'er crag and steep, Woodlands and meadow-ways, -- Sleep! While the moon's amber gleams Gild rock and flow'r, Let no untimely dreams Possess the hour: Let no vague fears the heart 'Mid slumber keep, In dreams love hath no smart, -- Sleep! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK by SARA TEASDALE HEALALL by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE MOWER AGAINST GARDENS by ANDREW MARVELL SONNET: 60 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FRENCH REVOLUTION; AS IT APPEARED TO ENTHUSIASTS AT ITS COMMENCEMENT by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |