IF thou wilt ease thine heart <br />Of love, and all its smart,- <br />Then sleep, dear, sleep! <br />And not a sorrow <br />Hang any tear on your eyelashes; <br />Lie still and deep, <br />Sad soul, until the sea-wave washes <br />The rim o' the sun to-morrow, <br />In eastern sky, <br /> <br />But wilt thou cure thine heart <br />Of love, and all its smart,- <br />Then die, dear, die! <br />'T is deeper, sweeter, <br />Than on a rose bank to lie dreaming <br />With folded eye; <br />And then alone, amid the beaming <br />Of love's stars, thou'lt meet her <br />In eastern sky.<br /><br />Thomas Lovell Beddoes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-thou-wilt-ease-thine-heart/
