Kathleen Raine «Spell of sleep»
Spell of sleep Let him be safe in sleep As leaves folded together As young birds under wings As the unopened flower. Let him be hidden in sleep As islands under rain, As mountains within their clouds, As hills in the mantle of dusk. Let him be free in sleep As the flowing tides of the sea, As the traveling wind on the moor, As the journeying stars in space. Let him be upheld in sleep As a cloud at rest on the air, As sea-wrack under the waves When the flowing tide covers all And the shells’ delicate lives … Читать далее →