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Rest - Sonnet

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O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes;         Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth;         Lie close around her; leave no room for mirth     With its harsh laughter, nor for sound of sighs.     She hath no questions, she hath no replies,         Hushed in and curtained with a blessd dearth         Of all that irked her from the hour of birth;     With stillness that is almost Paradise.     Darkness more clear than noon-day holdeth her,         Silence more musical than any song;     Even her very heart has ceased to stir:     Until the morning of Eternity     Her rest shall not begin nor end, but be;         And when she wakes she will not think it long.

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