Sonnet 25: ‘tis With Heavy Eyelids That I View Thee

‘Tis with heavy eyelids that I view thee In the darkening evening of the day When duty is done and sleep beckons me And in our bed for your love I do pray. Even in thy slumber thy beauty shines As I view thee in the darkness of night And shadows creep over me like green vines And dreams and nightmares do often cause fright. But In the morning light when I awake I look at thee sleeping still having dreams Smiling, I watch over thee for thine own sake, Your fresh complexion, clear as living streams. For I watch thee sleeping just before dawn As the sun rises in the early morn.