BE still and sleep, my soul! Now gentle-footed Night, In softly shadowed stole, Holds all the day from sight. Why shouldst thou lie and stare Against the dark, and toss, And live again thy care, Thine agony and loss? 'T was given thee to live, And thou hast lived it all; Let that suffice, nor give One thought what may befall. Thou hast no need to wake, Thou art no sentinel; Love all the care will take, And Wisdom watcheth well. Weep not, think not, but rest! The stars in silence roll; On the world's mother-breast, Be still and sleep, my soul! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO HIS MISTRESS by ABRAHAM COWLEY REASONABLE MELANCHOLY by JOSEPH BEAUMONT LINES WRITTEN ... ONE WHO HAD WATCHED .. AMERICAN & FRENCH REVOLUTIONS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES PSALM 29. AFFERTE DOMINO by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE HUGH STUART BOYD: HIS BLINDNESS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN: THE PROLOGUE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE by E. YANCEY COHEN |