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1Close now thine eyes and rest secure;
2Thy soul is safe enough, thy body sure;
4And guards thee, never slumbers, never sleeps.
5The smiling conscience in a sleeping breast
6    Has only peace, has only rest;
7    The music and the mirth of kings
8Are all but very discords, when she sings;
9    Then close thine eyes and rest secure;
10No sleep so sweet as thine, no rest so sure.

Notes

3] Cf. Psalms cxxi.3-4. Back to Line