Sleep, O peaceful sleep. Would that thou flow o'er me as the gentle wave at the sea that covers the sands of time. Sleep, O needful sleep. Lift my head, salve my eyes, ease my soul, belay my sighs as no conscious state could ever do. Sleep, O restful sleep. Project soft images in my mind of another place and time free of trouble and pain. Sleep, O traveling sleep. Transport me from today to tomorrow, and on the way release the baggage weighing me down. Sleep, O ending sleep. Open my eyelids on the morn of a new day freshly born with hope that eluded me yesterday.