Testamentum Amoris
I cannot raise my eyelids up from sleep, But I am visited with thoughts of you; Slumber has no refreshment half so deep As the sweet morn, that wakes my heart anew. I cannot put away life's trivial care, But you straightway steal on me with delight: My purest moments are your mirror fair; My deepest thought finds you the truth most bright. You are the lovely regent of my mind, The constant sky to my unresting sea; Yet, since 'tis you that rule me, I but find A finer freedom in such tyranny. Were the world's anxious kingdoms govern'd so, Lost were their wrongs, and vanish'd half their woe!
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"I cannot raise my eyelids up from sleep,..."
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