Morpheus
Morpheus - meaning Summary
Nightly Plea for Reprieve
The speaker appeals to Morpheus for temporary relief from the ache of unfulfilled love. He asks sleep to extinguish waking pain and to grant blessed dreams that restore the beloved’s presence—look, voice, and consolation—until morning. The poem frames sleep as a compassionate reprieve, a brief permission to suspend sorrow and to renew emotional life until daylight returns and reality resumes.
Read Complete AnalysesOh, Morpheus, give me joy till morning For my forever painful love: Just blow out candles' burning And let my dreams in blessing move. Let from my soul disappear The separation's sharp rebuke! And let me see that dear look, And let me hear voice that dear. And when will vanish dark of night And you will free my eyes at leaving, Oh, if my heart would have a right To lose its love till dark of evening! Translated by Yevgeny Bonver
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