Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORGAN SONGS: THE SLEEPLESS JESUS, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis time to sleep, my little boy Last Line: Smile, son of god, smile on. Subject(s): Children; Jesus Christ; Sleep; Childhood | ||||||||
'TIS time to sleep, my little boy: Why gaze thy bright eyes so? At night our children, for new joy Home to thy father go, But thou art wakeful! Sleep, my child; The moon and stars are gone; The wind is up and raving wild, But thou art smiling on! My child, thou hast immortal eyes That see by their own light; They see the children's bloodit lies Red-glowing through the night! Thou hast an ever-open ear For sob or cry or moan: Thou seemest not to see or hear, Thou only smilest on! When first thou camest to the earth, All sounds of strife were still; A silence lay about thy birth, And thou didst sleep thy fill: Thou wakest nowwhy weep'st thou not? Thy earth is woe-begone; Both babes and mothers wail their lot, But still thou smilest on! I read thy face like holy book; No hurt is pictured there; Deep in thine eyes I see the look Of one who answers prayer. Beyond pale grief and wild uproars, Thou seest God's will well done; Low prayers, through chambers' closed doors, Thou hear'stand smilest on. Men say: "I will arise and go;" God says: "I will go meet:" Thou seest them gather, weeping low, About the Father's feet; And each for each begin to bear, And standing lonely none: Answered, O eyes, ye see all prayer! Smile, Son of God, smile on. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE LOST AND FOUND by GEORGE MACDONALD THAT HOLY THING by GEORGE MACDONALD THE BABY, FR. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND by GEORGE MACDONALD |
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