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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAINT ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA: 1; SONNET, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: I never lay me down to sleep at night Last Line: I trust, god will forgive my singing that poor song. Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria | |||
I NEVER lay me down to sleep at night But in my heart I sing that little song: The angels hear it as, a pitying throng, They touch my burning lids with fingers bright As moonbeams, pale, impalpable, and light: And when my daily pious tasks are done, And all my patient prayers said one by one, God hears it. Seems it sinful in His sight That round my slow burnt-offering of quenched will One quivering human sigh creeps wind-like still? That when my orisons celestial fail Rises one note of natural human wail? Dear lord, spouse, hero, martyr, saint! erelong, I trust, God will forgive my singing that poor song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK HER LIKENESS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK NOW AND AFTERWARDS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK ONLY A WOMAN by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK PHILIP, MY KING by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A 'MERCENARY' MARRIAGE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHILD'S SMILE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A CHRISTMAS CAROL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD BABY by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK A DEAD SEA-GULL; NEAR LIVERPOOL by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |
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