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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LULLABY, by GEORGE EDGAR MONTGOMERY First Line: Sleep, my dear one, sleep Last Line: Soul of my soul and heart of me. | |||
Sleep, my dear one, sleep: What though men laugh, what though men weep? What though the wind and rain Murmur their rapture or their pain? Love watches over thee Like the still moon above the sea. Sleep, my dear one, sleep: What though men toil, what though they reap? What though the devious days Lead radiant lives in darkened ways? Sorrow is not for thee, Soul of my soul and heart of me. Sleep, my dear one, sleep: Time in its tenderness shall keep Thy sweetly budding soul In its divinely wise control; Hope sings its song for thee, Hope that is now and yet to be. Sleep, my dear one, sleep: The hours move fast, they rush, they leap; Red sunrise, then the noon-- A life is lived and lost so soon! May fate be kind to thee, Soul of my soul and heart of me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT NIGHT by GEORGE EDGAR MONTGOMERY ENGLAND by GEORGE EDGAR MONTGOMERY FALLEN by GEORGE EDGAR MONTGOMERY TO A CHILD by GEORGE EDGAR MONTGOMERY LOVE BEING ALL ONE by ROBERT FROST CLOSING TIME AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO by KAREN SWENSON JOHN WINTER by LAURENCE BINYON ON THE DEATH OF DR. ROBERT LEVET, A PRACTISER IN PHYSIC by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) TO THINK OF TIME by WALT WHITMAN |
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