There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dew on the still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass Music that gentler on the spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
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Twere best at once to sink to peace, Like birds the charming serpent draws, To drop head-foremost in the jaws; Of vacant darkness and to cease.Alfred Lord Tennyson
Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange.
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To sleep I give my powers away My will is bondsman to the dark.
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Sleep till the end, true soul and sweet Nothing comes to thee new or strange. Sleep full of rest from head to feet Lie still, dry dust, secure of change.
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One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
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Sink me the ship, Master Gunner - sink her, split her in twain; Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain.
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