Poetic Divination

“A Good Night” by Francis Quarles

Close now thine eyes and rest secure;

Thy soul is safe enough, thy body sure;

He that loves thee, He that keeps

And guards thee, never slumbers, never sleeps.

The smiling conscience in a sleeping breast

Has only peace, has only rest;

The music and the mirth of kings

Are all but very discords, when she sings;

Then close thine eyes and rest secure;

No sleep so sweet as thine, no rest so sure.