Hush, baby, hush, Sweet robin's in the bush-- All the birdies lie so quiet, Won't my little dicky try it? Hush, baby, hush. Sleep, baby, sleep, The lammies love the sheep-- Woolly babes all nestle cozy, Lie, my lambkin, warm and rosy, Sleep, baby, sleep. Dream, baby, dream, Our feet are in the stream-- Stones below but stars above, child, Life is warm so long we love, child, Dream, baby, dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOHANNA PEDERSEN by KAREN SWENSON TROILUS AND CRESSIDA: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN THE PAST by RALPH WALDO EMERSON COMFORT [TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE] by ROBERT HERRICK IN A GARRET by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN THE WASPS: THE TRIAL OF THE DOG by ARISTOPHANES ETHINTHUS, QUEEN OF WATERS by WILLIAM BLAKE TO HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR UPON HIS POEM by CHRISTOPHER BROOKE |