



Produced by Bill Tozier and Barbara Tozier.




[Illustration: HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP]




                    "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP"


                                  BY


                      ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING



                _WITH DESIGNS BY MISS L. B. HUMPHREY_

                         _ENGRAVED BY ANDREW_



                                BOSTON
                      LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
                    NEW YORK CHARLES T DILLINGHAM
                                 1882



                           COPYRIGHT, 1880,
                          By LEE AND SHEPARD.




"He Giveth his Beloved Sleep"

PSALM cxxvii. 2.




THE SLEEP

  OF all the thoughts of God that are
  Borne inward unto souls afar,
    Along the Psalmist's music deep,
  Now tell me if that any is,
  For gift or grace, surpassing this--
    'He giveth His beloved, sleep'!

  What would we give to our beloved?
  The hero's heart to be unmoved,
    The poet's star-tuned harp, t