1264. "Sleep and His Brother Death" by William Hamilton Hayne. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1264. “Sleep and His Brother Death”

By William Hamilton Hayne


JUST ere the darkness is withdrawn,
In seasons of cold or heat,
Close to the boundary line of Dawn
These mystical brothers meet.

They clasp their weird and shadowy hands,	5
As they listen each to each,
But never a mortal understands
Their strange immortal speech.