ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN TO
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re sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,Which all the day with ceaseless care have soughtThe magic gold which from the seeker flies ; Ere dreams put on the gown and cap of thought,And make the waking world a world of lies,— Of lies most palpable, uncouth, forlorn, That say life’s full of aches and tears and sighs,—Oh, how with more than dreams the soul is torn,Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes. Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,How all the griefs and heartaches we have knownCome up like pois’nous vapors that arise From some base witch’s caldron, when the crone,1Copyright 1896 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.
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