401. To Sleep by John Keats
b"J Keats read by Classic Poetry Aloud: Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\\n\\n--------------------------------------------\\n\\nTo Sleep\\nby John Keats (1795 \\u2013 1821)\\n\\nO soft embalmer of the still midnight!\\n Shutting with careful fingers and benign\\nOur gloom-pleased eyes, embower'd from the light,\\n Enshaded in forgetfulness divine;\\nO soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close,\\n In midst of this thine hymn, my willing eyes,\\nOr wait the amen, ere thy poppy throws\\n Around my bed its lulling charities;\\n Then save me, or the pass\\xe8d day will shine\\nUpon my pillow, breeding many woes;\\nSave me from curious conscience, that still lords\\n Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a mole;\\nTurn the key deftly in the oil\\xe8d wards, \\n And seal the hush\\xe8d casket of my soul.\\n\\nFirst aired: 25 October 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009"