Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares

Anna Lætitia Barbauld

1743 to 1825

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From this celestial morn.
And, purg’d from sin, may I behold
Tomorrow will be time enough
Ye shall not dim the light that streams
A God of purity!
Sleep, sleep forever, guilty thoughts!
Ye shall not violate, this day,
Of earth and folly born!
Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares
Let fires of vengeance die;
To feel your harsh controul;
The sabbath of my soul.

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