Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LULLABY, by ALICE MONKS MEARS


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LULLABY, by                    
First Line: Lullaby. For you will summer
Last Line: Lullaby, lullaby.
Subject(s): Flowers; Love


Lullaby. For you will summer
build the green corn aisles for hiding,
hang the trees with fruit and laughter,
pile the clover hay for riding.
Lullaby, lullaby.
What children fear the summer sky?

For you along the fields the evening
will listening wait for you to hear
the young sleepy bird, the little cricket;
the gentlest sound will touch the ear.
Lullaby, lullaby.
What children fear the twilight sky?

Lullaby. Above you cherished
lean the dark hours with starry heads —
Good-night, good-night now, all lost children
turning in terror-sheeted beds.
May love put back your fallen sky.
Lullaby, lullaby.





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