O let me rest!
For my body cannot go.
Dusk, free me of this test
Let my dreams flow.

Intelligence has buried me,
Life's strain too strong.
I drag on day two and three.
I hear a distant lullaby song.

Care not, do I today
Of the busy crowd.
But of the sweet bed I lay,
To replace my tired frown.

Work must be done
An expanded mind to rise
Earned rest has however come.
Just let me close my wearied eyes.