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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CRADLE SONG, by CARIS BROOKE
First Line: O blue eyes close in slumber
Last Line: While baby is asleep.
Subject(s): Nature; Summer
First Line: O blue eyes close in slumber
Last Line: While baby is asleep.
Subject(s): Nature; Summer
O blue eyes close in slumber;
O birdie on your nest
Sing to my sleepless darling
A little song of rest.
O wind among the roses,
Soft through the window creep,
And with your murmur music
Hush baby off to sleep.
O bee, that such soft wooing
Makes for the lily's sake,
Come, sing your song of summer
To little wide-awake.
O cricket on the hearthstone
Chirp low, and soft, and long,
Till little, restless baby
Grows drowsy with your song.
And whisper to my darling
That mother's heart will keep
A watch o'er every movement
While baby is asleep.
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