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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by WILLIAM BYRD Poet's Biography First Line: Let not the sluggish sleep Last Line: With twenty mortal foes. Variant Title(s): "let Not The Sluggish Sleep""; Subject(s): Sleep | |||
Let not the sluggish sleep Close up thy waking eye, Until with judgment deep Thy daily deeds thou try. He that one sin in conscience keeps When he to quiet goes, More venturous is than he that sleeps With twenty mortal foes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 3 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 22 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE GOING TO SLEEP by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE BLUE NAP by WILLIAM MATTHEWS MY SWEET LITTLE BABY, WHAT MEANEST THOU TO CRY? by WILLIAM BYRD |
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