And where is sleep?

XIII

Lady that hast my heart within thy hand,

Thou heed’st me not; and if thou turn thine ear

Unto the wise, thou shalt not understand—

Behold the fault is thine, our words were clear.

For all the tumult in my drunken brain

Praise God! who trieth not His slave in vain;

Nor this world nor the next shall make me fear!

My weary heart eternal silence keeps—