O blue eyes close in slumber; O birdie on your nest Sing to my sleepless darling A little song of rest. O wind among the roses, Soft through the window creep, And with your murmur music Hush baby off to sleep. O bee, that such soft wooing Makes for the lily's sake, Come, sing your song of summer To little wide-awake. O cricket on the hearthstone Chirp low, and soft, and long, Till little, restless baby Grows drowsy with your song. And whisper to my darling That mother's heart will keep A watch o'er every movement While baby is asleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THANATOPSIS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SONNET TO A FRIEND WHO ASKED, HOW I FELT ... MY INFANT TO ME by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ODE INSCRIBED TO W.H. CHANNING by RALPH WALDO EMERSON SONG: TO CELIA by PHILOSTRATUS |