Sonnet 25: ‘tis With Heavy Eyelids That I View Thee Poem by David Wood

‘Tis with heavy eyelids that I view thee
In the darkening evening of the day
When duty is done and sleep beckons me
And in our bed for your love I do pray.
Even in thy slumber thy beauty shines
As I view thee in the darkness of night
And shadows creep over me like green vines
And dreams and nightmares do often cause fright.
But In the morning light when I awake
I look at thee sleeping still having dreams
Smiling, I watch over thee for thine own sake,
Your fresh complexion, clear as living streams.
For I watch thee sleeping just before dawn
As the sun rises in the early morn.