The Soft and Grassy Bed
ELEGY
When wearied wretches sink to sleep
How heavenly soft their slumbers lie
How sweet is death to those who weep
To those who weep and long to die
Saw you the soft and grassy bed
Where flow'rets deck the green earth's breast
It's there I wish to lay my head
It's there I wish to sleep at rest
Oh! Let not tears embalm my tomb
None but the dews by twilight given
Oh! Let not sighs disturb the gloom
None but the whispering winds of Heaven
When wearied wretches sink to sleep
How heavenly soft their slumbers lie
How sweet is death to those who weep
To those who weep and long to die
Saw you the soft and grassy bed
Where flow'rets deck the green earth's breast
It's there I wish to lay my head
It's there I wish to sleep at rest
Oh! Let not tears embalm my tomb
None but the dews by twilight given
Oh! Let not sighs disturb the gloom
None but the whispering winds of Heaven
Credits
Writer(s): Thomas Moore, Bernard Van Dieren (protected Shares), Barry Peter Ould, Cecil Frederick Coles
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