My Heart Go Now To Sleep Poem by Peter S. Quinn

Love is to be so still
With songs to smooth the air
And dreams away fulfill
That come when dark is near
The heavy eyelids days
That glow on to the evening
In many shading ways
When birds in sleepiness sing

When a heart is gravelly too
With hours and speech
The corners into dim blue
With loneliness will reach
Where everything is going
Into its peacefulness sleep
And down its minutes slowing
To where the dream will keep

Few songs from the heart
That failed to reach the lips
Day hours from here depart
As dew in the twilight drips

Love is to be so still
My heart go now to sleep...