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Poems (Whitney)/Lines—loud heart, etc.

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4591996Poems — Lines—loud heart, etc.Anne Whitney


Loud heart, that sleep'st when the world's awake,I pray you sleep now; go to your rest,O owl-like and wild, and let me takeThe calm and the full delight, that o'erMy quiet room the moonbeams pour,Into my arms and unto my breast,  And ask for nothing more.