...with thine opiate wand, — Come, long-sought ! When I arose and saw the dawn, I sighed for thee ; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, And noon...sighed for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried, Would st thou me ? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured like a noontide bee, Shall I nestle...

...with thine opiate waud— Come, long sought! I1L When I arose and saw the dawn, I sighed for thee; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, And noon...Lingering like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee. IV. Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst thou me? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured...

...with thine opiate wand — Come, long-sought ! m When I arose and saw the dawn, I sighed for thee ; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, And noon...Lingering like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee. IT Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst thou me ? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured...

...with thine opiate wand — Come, long-sought! m When I arose and saw the dawn, I sighed for thee ; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, And noon...Lingering like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee. rr Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst thou me? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured...

...Mrs. Shelley, 1824. iii. 5 his || her, Rossetti. IT Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst them me ? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured...Wouldst thou me ? — and I replied, No, not thee ! V Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon; Sleep will come when thou art fled ; Of neither...

...wand ; Thy brother Death came and cried 1 Wouldst thou me ? ' Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy eyed, Murmured like a noontide bee : ' Shall I nestle near thy side, Wouldst thou me ? ' And I replied : 'No,nott7iee!' If you read this carefully, a little dreamily, letting your speech move somewhat in...

...late lyric To Night on the deep level of stance. Shelley, rising and seeing the dawn, sighs for night: "When light rode high, and the dew was gone, / And noon lay heavy on flower and tree." This is "the weight of primary noon" from which Stevens shrinks in The Motive for Metaphor, still "desiring...

...unbidden. Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not: (1. 36^*0) To Night 74 . (1. 24-28) AWP; ChER; CH; EnRP; FPL; GTBS; GTBS-P; NAEL-2; NoP; OAEL-2; OBEY; OBNC; PoLF; PoRA; TEP;...

...Touching all with thine opiate wand Come, long sought! 3 When 1 arose and saw the dawn, I sighed for thee; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, And noon...turned to his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest, 20 Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst thou me? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured...

...lifeless objects are regarded as persons and often are named as if they were persons. Again from Shelley: "Thy brother Death came, and cried,/ Wouldst thou me?/ Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmyeyes,/ Murmured like a noontide bee,/ Shall I nestle near thy side?/ Wouldst thou me?" Personification...