SHUT out day's wintry beams! br Sleep, brood upon my brain! br For sweet sleep bringeth dreams br And love again! br Love cold and wan and sere br Heaped over with tears and snows; br Lo, born within its bier, br Blooms like a rose! br br Its fragrance fills each vein, br Its fervour flushes my heart, br I feel through breast and brain br Its rapturous smart; br The look, the tone, the deep br Supreme smile of delight: br Ah, fickle as love, false sleep, br Why take thy flight?br br Mathilde Blindbr br