Death & Dying
Sleep, mourner, sleep! — I cannot sleep
From Complete Poems (1910)
Death & Dying
Sleep, mourner, sleep! — I cannot sleep,
My weary mind still wanders on;
Then silent weep — I cannot weep,
For eyes and tears are turned to stone.
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MLA
Brontë, Emily. “Sleep, mourner, sleep! — I cannot sleep.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bronte/108/.
Chicago
Brontë, Emily. “Sleep, mourner, sleep! — I cannot sleep.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bronte/108/.
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