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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CRADLE SONG, by EBEN EUGENE REXFORD First Line: O lullaby, my baby. The bee has gone to sleep Last Line: O sleep, my baby, sleep. | |||
O lullaby, my baby. The bee has gone to sleep; The dew is on the clover and peace is on the deep, While mother sings above thee a little slumber song, And prays beneath her singing, God save my babe from wrong. O sleep, my baby, sleep. O lullaby, my baby. The stars shine overhead To light the way of angels who come about thy bed To keep their watch above thee until the morning breaks, And from the dreams they brought him my little darling wakes. O sleep, my baby, sleep. O lullaby, my baby: take thou this good-night kiss, And may it tell thee, darling, what love a mother's is. Take thou this kiss to dream of the while I breathe a prayer That God who gave shall have thee forever in His care. O sleep, my baby, sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION (B) by WILLIAM BLAKE A VIEW ACROSS THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 20 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 63 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN FONTENOY, 1745: 2. AFTER THE BATTLE, EARLY DAWN, CLARE COAST by EMILY LAWLESS THE GRAVE OF LOVE by THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK THE OLD MEN ADMIRING THEMSELVES IN THE WATER by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS I HAVE A GARMENT by ABRAHAM IBN EZRA SOLILOQUIES OF A SMALL-TOWN TAXI-DRIVER: ON THE WRITING OF POETRY by EDGAR BARRATT |
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