Posthumous Poems/Love and Sleep, II

For works with similar titles, see Love and Sleep.
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IIHide thine eyes for all their light, Lest they come to weep;Who shall say if day or night Be the best for sleep?
If by day they wake, Sorrow surely shall they see;And for sorrow's sake Joyless all their joy shall be.
Sun shall set and moon shall rise Till the end of years,But by night were never eyes Watched and shed not tears.
Look not forth to find Where thou never shalt find rest,Lest thine eyes wax blind, Love is good, but sleep is best.
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