Religion

The Sleep of Sigismund: IV

by Jean Ingelow 1820–1897

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.

Religion

'Wake, yon purple peaks arise,
Jagged, bare, through saffron skies;
Now is heard a twittering sweet,
For the mother-martins meet,
Where wet ivies, dew-besprent,
Glisten on the battlement.
Now the lark at heaven's gold gate
Aiming, sweetly chides on fate
That his brown wings wearied were
When he, sure, was almost there.
Now the valley mist doth break,
Shifting sparkles edge the lake,
Love, Lord, Master, wake, O wake!'

MLA

Ingelow, Jean. “The Sleep of Sigismund: IV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/48/.

Chicago

Ingelow, Jean. “The Sleep of Sigismund: IV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/48/.

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