"O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep; Thou bearest angels to us in the night, Saints out of heaven with palms. Seen by thy light Sorrow is some old tale that goeth not deep; Love is a pouting child."

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Source : Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.244

Jean Ingelow

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