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THE WINTER SLEEP by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: A MAIDEN O'ERWEARIED
Last Line: THY LOVER IS HERE.
Subject(s): EARTH; KISSES; SLEEP; SPRING; WINTER; WORLD;
A MAIDEN o'erwearied
With dance and song,
The Earth,
The Earth,
The Earth sleeps long.

And her dreams are all
Of one mad sweet thing --
The kisses,
The kisses,
The kisses of Spring.

Awake, O maiden,
For joy draws near.
Thy lover,
Thy lover,
Thy lover is here.



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