Love

Unconsciousness

by Michael Field 1846–1914 (Bradley) and 1862–1913 (Cooper)

From Underneath the Bough (1898)

Love

He with the Gentle Ones is hid from sight:
We may not follow. He hath dwelt with woes
So dread, he lays his confidence in those
Men shrink from, who remember and requite.
O comfort him, sweet daughters of the Night,
For fear of whom man's thought doth softly tread;
Within your grove let him be deeply led
To reconciliation and repose.

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The Second Book of Songs

MLA

Field, Michael. “Unconsciousness.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/78/.

Chicago

Field, Michael. “Unconsciousness.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/78/.

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