Soft Sleep be thou companion of my bed Tho’ thou bear’st the image of the dead Oh lovely rest my weary eyes compose And lull my senses in a sweet repose For oh! how charming thus intranc’d to lie Live without life and without death to die.

Full Text: Soft Sleep be thou companion of my bed Tho’ thou bear’st the image of the dead Oh lovely rest my weary eyes compose And lull my senses in a sweet repose For oh! how charming thus intranc’d to lie Live without life and without death to die.
Listed on Page Number: 273
Sampler Worked By: Mary Smitt Ladson
Date of Sampler: 1789
Place Sampler Made: Charleston SC
Sampler Listed on Page: 59
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Urban, Sylvanus. Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle, v48, London, 1778, p.134.
Notes: Sylvanus Urban was the pseudonym for the editor, Edward Cave. This verse was translated from Latin in the publication. “Poetical Essays for March 1778” https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hw2946&seq=146&q1=soft+sleep+be+thou+companion&start=1&view=1up.