Baby, baby, hush-a-bye, Must you be awake now? Sweet my lamb, come, close your eye, Sleep for mother's sake now. All the babies in the world Lie aslee but you now: Nigger-babies, brown and curled, In the sand dream too now. Baby mice are safe from harm In their downy holes now: Baby squirrels lie all warm In the hollow boles now. Baby buds are fast asleep Rocking on the trees now: Baby fishes, far and deep, Slumber in the seas now. All the baby stars above Dream in cloudy bed now: Mother moon, for all her love, Sleeping hides her head now. Baby, baby, hush-a-bye, Cradled on my breast now, Sweet my lamb, come, close your eye, Let your mother rest now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FABLES: 1ST SER. 5. THE WILD BOAR AND THE RAM by JOHN GAY ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE by THOMAS GRAY COMPARISON OF LOVE TO A STREAM FALLING FROM THE ALPS by THOMAS WYATT CHRIST THE CONSOLER by HENRY WILLIAMS BAKER HATED by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON A PASSING OF FAITH by GORDON BOTTOMLEY CISMA DE INGLATERRA: STANZA 1 by PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD HAYES: SONG by THOMAS CAMPION |