Close the book and dim the light, br I shall read no more to-night. br No--I am not sleepy, dear-- br Do not go: sit by me here br In the darkness and the deep br Silence of the watch I keep. br Something in your presence so br Soothes me--as in long ago br I first felt your hand--as now-- br In the darkness touch my brow; br I've no other wish than you br Thus should fold mine eyelids to, br Saying nought of sigh or tear-- br Just as God were sitting here.