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Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Sir Philip Sidney. 155486
94. Sleep
COME, Sleep; O Sleep! the certain knot of peace, | |
The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, | |
The poor man’s wealth, the prisoner’s release, | |
Th’ indifferent judge between the high and low; | |
With shield of proof shield me from out the prease | 5 |
Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw: | |
O make in me those civil wars to cease; | |
I will good tribute pay, if thou do so. | |
Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, | |
A chamber deaf to noise and blind of light, | 10 |
A rosy garland and a weary head; | |
And if these things, as being thine by right, | |
Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, | |
Livelier than elsewhere, Stella’s image see. | |