Quote#Death
Care-Charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night
Quote bySamuel Daniel · 1562–1619
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Delia and The Complaint of Rosamond (1592), Delia, Sonnet 45 (49).
English (original)
Care-Charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born, Relieve my languish, and restore the light; With dark forgetting of my care return. And let the day be time enough to mourn The shipwreck of my ill adventured youth
— Samuel Daniel
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