Versos English Farnsworth Wright After Two Nights of the Ear-ache

English poem

After Two Nights of the Ear-ache

by (1888–1940)

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Most gentle Sleep! Two nights I wooed in vain; Thou wouldst not come to banish racking pain: For what is Sleep but Life in stone bound fast? Oblivion of the Present, Future, Past.