Pause

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So sick of dreams! the dreams, that stain
  The aisle, along which life must pass,
  With hues of mystic colored glass,
  That fills the windows of the brain.

  So sick of thoughts! the thoughts, that carve
  The house of days with arabesques
  And gargoyles, where the mind grotesques
  In masks of hope and faith who starve.

  Here lay thy over weary head
  Upon my bosom! Do not weep!--
  "He giveth His beloved sleep."--
  Heart of my heart, be comforted.

© Madison Julius Cawein