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. 

1. Grain Field
2. Amaze
3. The Companions
4. Languor after Pain
5. For Lucas Cranach's Eve

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