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Before Sleep Let me not lie here, mulling the day’s anger, Rehearsing, if there have been such, its tears; Let no bitterness beckon, envy linger; Save me from Circe’s, Medusa’s, cruel stares. Let me slip to Sleep’s Kingdom unencumbered By guilt I don’t need, by guards who would ask me For visas I’ve lost; let me enter unhindered To where I’m at home: let no one suspect me. May Kindness take charge then, to see that I’m dipped In Oblivion’s warm baths; and when I emerge Let me wander Love’s island, as one who’s released Unscathed from Doubt’s dungeons, manumitted, at large. 10 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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