Inner Sanctum

Sleep brings no joy to me Remembrance never dies
My soul is given to misery
And live in sighs…
The shadow of the dead,
My waken eyes may never see,
Surround my bed
That from which they sprung — eternity
Beneath the turf
The silent dead
Sleep brings no wish to knit
My harassed heart beneath
My only wish is to forget
In the sleep of death
Death is my joy
I long to be at rest
I wish the damp earth covered
This desolate breast
Beneath the mould
The silent dead
But the glad eyes around us Must weep as we have done
And we must see the same gloom
Eclipse their morning sun
Oh, not for them — Should we despair
The grave is drear — But they’re not there
Their dust is mingled — With the sod
Their pale souls — Are gone, to god
Well, may they live in ecstasy
Their long eternity of joy
At least I wouldn’t bring them down
With me to weep, to groan
And what’s the future
A sea beneath the cloudless sun
A mighty, glorious dazzling sea
Stretching into infinity
My inner sanctum