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Poem by Adelaide Crapsey


Hypnos, God of Sleep


The shadowy boy of night
Crosses the dusking land;
He sows his poppy-seeds
With steady, gentle hand.

The shadowy boy of night
Young husbandman of dreams,
Garners his gracious blooms
By far and moonlit streams. 



Adelaide Crapsey


Adelaide Crapsey's other poems:
  1. Rapunzel
  2. The Mother Exultant
  3. Grain Field
  4. Triad
  5. As I Went


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