COME, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving <br /> Lock me in delight awhile; <br /> Let some pleasing dreams beguile <br /> All my fancies; that from thence <br /> I may feel an influence <br />All my powers of care bereaving! <br /> <br />Though but a shadow, but a sliding, <br /> Let me know some little joy! <br /> We that suffer long annoy <br /> Are contented with a thought <br /> Through an idle fancy wrought: <br />O let my joys have some abiding!<br /><br />John Fletcher<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sleep-13/
