| Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916. | | | XI. O Come Quickly
‘Take me, Mother Earth, to thy cold breast’ | | By 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, | 5 |
| Never to waken more. | |
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| 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; | 10 |
| But deep, deep, | |
| Never to waken more. | |
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| To thy dark chamber, Mother Earth, I come, | |
| Prepare thy dreamless bed in my last home; | |
| Shut down the marble door, | 15 |
| And leave me! Let me sleep; | |
| But deep, deep, | |
| Never to waken more! | | | | |
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