O come sweet sleep, and close my eyes with verse!
with drowsy metre, meet a deeper sleep;
to sleep, to dream, I never am averse -
to slumber numbed by poet's numbers deep;
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I'm so pleased to see you writing so many sonnets lately, Michael, and you write them so well. You're truly a talent in any style. Nicely done.
A perfect sonnet, with a sense of humor at itself. I don't understand why this has such a low rating. 10 from me, to be sure... -chuck