"Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born, Relieve my languish and restore the light; With dark forgetting of my care return. And let the day be time enough to mourn The shipwreck of my ill adventured youth: Let waking eyes suffice to wail their scorn Without the torment of the night's untruth."

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Source: 'Sonnets to Delia' (1592) no. 54

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Samuel Daniel

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Samuel Daniel was an English poet and playwright known for his exploration of love and truth in works like 'The Complaint of Rosamond.'

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