Versos English John Bowring Lover Asleep

English poem

Lover Asleep

by (1792–1872)

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O NIGHTINGALE! thy warblings cease, And let my master sleep in peace: ’Twas I who lull’d him to repose, And I will wake him from his rest; I’ll seek the sweetest flower that grows, And bear it to his presence blest; And gently touch his cheeks, and say, “Awake, my master! for ’tis day.”