Classic Poem

Night , gaze, but send no sound!
Fond heart, thy fondness keep!
Nurse Silence, wrap them round!
Breathe low; — they sleep, they sleep!

No wind! no murmuring showers!
No music, soft and deep!
No thoughts, nor dreams of flowers!
All hence; — they sleep, they sleep!

Time's step is all unheard:
Heaven's stars bright stillness keep;
No breath, no sigh, no word!
All's hushed; — they sleep, they sleep!

O Life! O Night! O Time!
Thus ever round them creep!
From pain, from hate, from crime,
E'er guard them, gentle Sleep!