Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 227
gh thy chamber in and out, And wave the curtain canopy So fitfully, so fearfully, Above the closed and fringed lid Neath which thy slumbring soul lies hid; That, oer the floor and down the wall, Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall! 208 THE SLEEPEB Oh, lady dear, hast thou no fear ?Why and what… … The lady sleeps! Oh, may her sleep,Which is enduring, so be deep !Heaven have her in its sacred keep !This chamber changed for one more holjsThis bed for one more melancholy. THE SLEEPER 209 I pray to God that she may lie For ever with imopened eye, While the dim sheeted ghosts go by ! My love, she…
English poetry · Children's poetry
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