The Blue Bird (Custance)/'I am Weary, Let me Sleep'

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The Blue Bird
by Olive Custance

'I am Weary, Let me Sleep'

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4505004The Blue Bird — 'I am Weary, Let me Sleep'Olive Custance

'I AM WEARY, LET ME SLEEP'

I am weary, let me sleepIn some great embroidered bed,With soft pillows for my head.I am weary, let me sleep . . .Petals of sweet roses shedAll around a perfumed heapWhite as pearls, and ruby red;Curtains closely drawn to keepWings of darkness o'er me spread . . .I am weary, let me sleepIn some great embroidered bed.Let me dream that I am dead,Nevermore to wake and weepIn the future that I dread . . .For the ways of life are steep . . .I am weary, let me sleep . . .