Type into the gaps to complete the poem. To reset the game, click on the "Reset Game" button located below the poem. This will clear all the words you've placed in the blanks, and resetting the poem to its original state with empty blanks. If you prefer to drag and drop words, click the Drag & Drop button below. You can also print out the poem for use in the classroom.
O Sleep, go. Sleep, hasten to my lover,
my eyelids all forlorn of thy quiet breath;
my love lies wakeful, go thou and lean over,
Singing low, singing slow, dearest child of Death.
Sleep, rare Sleep, Death that is thy father,
that is thy mother, both sow flowers for thee;
White poppies dashed with dew, drowsy flowers to gather,
Yellow rose that silence saith to the busiest bee.
Hear, Sleep, dear Sleep, ere my song be ended —
Gather me thy fairest flowers a soft dream make
For my love — a dream of and of music blended.
Ay, and let me the dream for the dreamer's sake.
O Sleep, sleep-dust upon his pillow
Till he dreams it my breast, and to dream is fain;
Let think it is my hair, not thy branch of willow,
Dark against the little light through the rain-blurred pane.