Going to Sleep
I.
THE light is fading down the sky,
The shadows grow and multiply,
I hear the thrushes’ evening song;
But I have borne with toil and wrong
So long, so long !
Dim dreams my drowsy senses drown, —
So, darling, kiss my eyelids down !
The shadows grow and multiply,
I hear the thrushes’ evening song;
But I have borne with toil and wrong
So long, so long !
Dim dreams my drowsy senses drown, —
So, darling, kiss my eyelids down !
II.
My life's brief spring went wasted by, —
My summer ended fruitlessly ;
I learned to hunger, strive, and wait,—
I found you, love, — oh, happy fate! —
So late, so late !
Now all my fields are turning brown,—
So, darling, kiss my eyelids down !
My summer ended fruitlessly ;
I learned to hunger, strive, and wait,—
I found you, love, — oh, happy fate! —
So late, so late !
Now all my fields are turning brown,—
So, darling, kiss my eyelids down !
III.
Oh, blessed sleep ! oh. perfect rest !
Thus pillowed on your faithful breast,
Nor life nor death is wholly drear,
O tender heart, since you are .here,
So dear, so dear !
Sweet love, my soul’s sufficient crown !
Now, darling, kiss my eyelids down !
Thus pillowed on your faithful breast,
Nor life nor death is wholly drear,
O tender heart, since you are .here,
So dear, so dear !
Sweet love, my soul’s sufficient crown !
Now, darling, kiss my eyelids down !