Come Sleep O Sleep! The Certain Knot Of Peace

Read 'Come Sleep O Sleep! The Certain Knot Of Peace' by 'Sir Philip Sidney' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Come Sleep O Sleep! The Certain Knot Of Peace by Sir Philip Sidney

 Come, Sleep! O Sleep, the certain knot of peace,
The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe,
The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release,
Th' indifferent judge between the high and low;
With shield of proof shield me from out the press
Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw!
O make in me those civil wars to cease!— 
I will good tribute pay if thou do so.
Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed,
A chamber deaf of noise and blind of light,
A rosy garland, and a weary head;
And if these things, as being thine in right,
Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me,
Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.

Form: Sonnet

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