O Sleep

Take me upon thy breast,
— O river of rest.
Draw me down to thy side,
— Slow-moving tide.
Carry out beyond reach
— Of song or of speech
This body and soul forespent.
— To thy still continent,
Where silence hath his home,
— Where I would come,
Bear me now in thy deep
— Bosom, Sleep,
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