Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Wearied

Wearied by day with toils and cares,
How welcome is the peaceful night!
Sweet sleep our wasted strength repairs,
And fits us for returning light.
Yet when our eyes in sleep are closed,
Our rest may break ere well begun;
To wailing babes up every hour wanting bottles
We neither can foresee nor shun.

--Mostly written by John Newton

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