Mapping Keats’s Progress: A Critical Chronology

Mapping Keats’s Progress
A Critical Chronology

References to this poem

Asleep! O sleep a little while white pearl

  • Asleep! o sleep a little while, white pearl!
  • And let me kneel, and let me pray to thee,
  • And let me call heaven’s blessing on thine eyes,
  • And let me breathe into the happy air,
  • That doth enfold and touch thee all about,
  • Vows of my slavery, my giving up,
  • My sudden adoration, my great love!

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MLA Style: Works Cited

Keats, John. “Asleep! O sleep a little while white pearl.” Mapping Keats’s Progress: A Critical Chronology, by G. Kim Blank. Edition 3.28 , University of Victoria, 24 September 2026. https://johnkeats.uvic.ca/poem_asleep_o_sleep_a_little_while.html.

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John Keats, “Asleep! O sleep a little while white pearl,” Mapping Keats’s Progress: A Critical Chronology, Edition 3.28 , last modified 24th September 2026. https://johnkeats.uvic.ca/poem_asleep_o_sleep_a_little_while.html.

Chicago Style: Bibliography

Keats, John. “Asleep! O sleep a little while white pearl.” Mapping Keats’s Progress: A Critical Chronology, Edition 3.28 , last modified 24th September 2026. https://johnkeats.uvic.ca/poem_asleep_o_sleep_a_little_while.html.