CLOSE to the heart that is throbbing in love for you, Innocent, sleep. Mother love watches in tenderness over you, Quietly sleep. Circled by arms that are guarding thy purity, While from the ocean great waves of futurity Impotent break on thy bars of security, Little one, sleep. Fresh from the portals of Heaven's infinity, Peacefully rest. Peace was thy gift from the hand of Divinity-- Exquisite rest. Tuned is the heart to the heavenly harmony, Love hath imprinted its ravishing charm on thee, Innocent soul, with no vestige of harm in thee, Sweet is thy rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTHER JUNKIE by CLARENCE MAJOR A MINUET OF MOZART'S by SARA TEASDALE ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 4. TO THE HON. CHARLES TOWNSHEND, IN THE COUNTRY by MARK AKENSIDE HAWTHORNE by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT PSALM 7; UPON WORDS OF CHUSH THE BENJAMITE; AUGUST 14, 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 3 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |