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But alas! his sorrow had cost him many slumberless nights, and now that he thought himself secure of his happiness again, long-absent sleep came, and overpowered him suddenly where he stood on the street. It happened that just about this time a thief was passing down the same street.
A slumberless Eye will watch them. Silent be the alarm-bells and merciful the elements! Let one great wave of refreshing slumber roll across the heart of the great town, submerging trouble and weariness and pain. It is the third watch of the night, and time for the city to sleep. But be not deceived. There are thousands of people in the great town who will not sleep a moment to-night.
Look what befel thy wasted frame, and thence * Argue what I am doomed for love to dree! Indeed she addeth sickness to my sickness and draweth death upon my death!" 'Straitened bosom; reveries dispread; * Slumberless eyelids; body wearied; Patience cut short; disunion longsomest; * Reason deranged and heart whose life is fled!
Swinburne himself may have had those words in mind when, writing also of Garibaldi, he said of freedom: "She, without shelter or station, She, beyond limit or bar, Urges to slumberless speed Armies that famish, that bleed, Sowing their lives for her seed, That their dust may rebuild her a nation, That their souls may relight her a star."
So, no ghost disturbed her restless slumberless nights, consumed in watching and listening. She was not particularly distressed because she knew that it would not be possible for her to sing again until the following winter in New York. She had sobbed too much, with her face buried in the pillow.
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