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Henry Thacker Burleigh
Till I Wake

When I am dying, lean over me tenderly, softly
Stoop, as the yellow roses droop in the wind from the South,
So I may when I wake, if there be an Awakening.
Keep, what lulled me to sleep, the touch of your lips on my mouth.