HUSH! chillun, hush! Kase de sun's done come back agin, Back agin a-shinin' on de ole cypress tree; Hush! chillun, hush! Hit shuahly am a fac' agin, De sun's done come back agin, Back agin to me. Hush! chillun, hush! Foh de sun's done come back agin, Pushin' yaller glory roun' in ebbery spot it finds, Dancin' on de cradle An' old Chloe wid de ladle, An' coaxin' out de blossoms on De honeysuckle vines. Hush! chillun, hush! Kase de sof' winds come back agin, Back agin, a-bringin' all de glory ob de spring; My heart's jes' a-throbbin' For off yondah is de robin, An' de blackbird am a-cluckin' An' I 'low I heerd 'im sing. Hush! chillun, hush! Kase de sun's done come back agin, Bringin' back de fac' agin I'se gittin' mighty old; I often sit and pondah, An' I wondah, an' I wondah, How many times it's comin' back Befo' I reach de fold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SELF-INTERROGATION by EMILY JANE BRONTE SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 27 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP by HEINRICH HOFFMANN A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 28. THE WELSH MARCHES by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN TO SIR HENRY CARY by BEN JONSON A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (1) by WALTER RALEIGH A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI UPON THE LATE LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT OF FIRE ... by JOHN ALLISON (1645-1683) |