Sleep Now, O Sleep Now

James JoyceJames Joyce

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Sleep now, O sleep now,
O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
Is heard in my heart. The voice of the winter
Is heard at the door.
O sleep, for the winter
Is crying "Sleep no more." My kiss will give peace now
And quiet to your heart -- -
Sleep on in peace now,
O you unquiet heart!
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James Joyce

1882 - 1941/Male/IrishA novelist, short story writer, and poet, James Augustine Aloysius Joyce contributed to the modernist avant-garde.

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