The Last Sleep

Turn back the sheets to be under Mind not storm and mind not thunder Sleep -O, sleep to be the wonder See not the ghost eye stark! Shut out ghostly faces hailing Till the morning and the wailing And the ghostly voices failing Fear not the dark! Move into days not to number Move into a gentle somber Move into the mist and slumber Fear not the evil bark. Hear not ghostly voices calling Hear not of your sprit falling Hear not of your scream appalling Fear not the dark! See not ghostly mist go yearning See not ghostly spirits turning See not ghostly light hell burning Fear not the ghost eye stark! Touch the wind cold and sleeting Touch the cold heart stop beating Touch the light glowing fleeting Fear not the dark! I give to you not a warning I give to you gifts of morning I give to you no bell horning Fear not the evil bark. Sleep in peace evil out-driven Sleep in peace fear un-shriven Sleep in peace so be forgiven Fear not the dark! Sleep not craven or unseemly With no night light gleaming dimly See no ghost-face watching grimly Fear not the ghost eye stark! Faith of heart, must not be taken Or from shadows of night shaken Never will you be forsaken Fear not the dark!