Baby, see the flowers! Baby sees Fairer things than these, Fairer though they be than dreams of ours. Baby, hear the birds! Baby knows Better songs than those, Sweeter though they sound than sweetest words. Baby, see the moon! Baby's eyes Laugh to watch it rise, Answering light with love and night with noon. Baby, hear the sea! Baby's face Takes a graver grace, Touched with wonder what the sound may be. Baby, see the star! Baby's hand Opens, warm and bland, Calm in claim of all things fair that are. Baby, hear the bells! Baby's head Bows, as ripe for bed, Now the flowers curl round and close their cells. Baby, flower of light, Sleep, and see Brighter dreams than we, Till good day shall smile away good night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ADMIRER by CLAUDIA EMERSON IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 14 by ALFRED TENNYSON AN EARNEST SUIT [TO HIS UNKIND MISTRESS NOT TO FORESAKE HIM] by THOMAS WYATT WHO GOES THERE? by GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN WHAT'S IN A NAME by BERTON BRALEY A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 30 by THOMAS CAMPION OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 31 by THOMAS CAMPION |