Versos English Edward Powys Mathers Lying Down Alone

English poem

Lying Down Alone

by (1892–1939)

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I shall never see your tired sleep In the bed that you make beautiful, Nor hardly ever be a dream That plays by your dark hair; Yet I think I know your turning sigh And your trusting arm's abandonment, For they are the picture of my night, My night that does not end. From the Arabic of John Duncan.