Dear love, good-night

DEAR love, good-night. And, tender sleep

,Seal up her lids like these drowsed flowers,

To make day fair when they unclose.

Be hushed around her, Night, and keep

Thy silent guard on her repose;

But speed thine hours.

Dear love, sleep on. This weary space

I wake and long for day and thee,

And count the slow stars from their west.

Sleep while I hunger for thy face,

Sleep, dearest, in unbroken rest;

But dream of me.