Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 67 of 258
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# Page 49: Poetic Verse This is a text page from running prose or poetry, numbered 49. The visible content is a nine-line poem or verse passage addressed to Sleep as a comforter for a sorrowful person. The speaker invokes Sleep to soothe "the weary mourner" and bring forgetfulness, blissful visions, and peace to someone whose eyes have been "taught to watch and weep" by sorrow. The passage concludes with hope that the person will awaken refreshed, with hope returning "like the morning star." The poem employs romantic, melodramatic language typical of Victorian-era sentiment.
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49 Oh! thou best comforter of that sad heart - Whom fortune’s spite assails; come, gentle Sleep, The weary mourner sooth! for well the art Thou knowest in soft forgetfulness to steep The eyes which sorrow taught to watch and weep; Let blissful visions now her spirits cheer, Or lull her cares to peace in slumbers deep, ° _ ‘Till from fatigue refreshed and anxious fear Hope like the morning star once more shall reappear. Connicloooks.comn