Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860)

TAKE me, Mother Earth, to thy cold breast,

And fold me there in everlasting rest!

The long day is o’er,

I’m weary, I would sleep;

But deep, deep,

Never to waken more.

I have had joy and sorrow, I have prov’d

What life could give, have lov’d, and been belov’d;

I am sick, and heart-sore,

And weary; let me sleep;

But deep, deep,

Never to waken more.

To thy dark chamber, Mother Earth, I come,

Prepare thy dreamless bed in my last home;

Shut down the marble door,

And leave me! Let me sleep;

But deep, deep,

Never to waken more!