I'd rock my own sweet childie to rest In a cradle of gold on the bough of the willow, To the shoheen ho! of the Wind of the West And the lulla lo! of the blue sea billow. Sleep, baby dear! Sleep without fear! Mother is here beside your pillow. I'd put my own sweet childie to float In a silver boat on the beautiful river, Where a shoheen! whisper the white cascades And a lulla lo! the green flags shiver. Sleep, baby dear! Sleep without fear! Mother is her with you forever! Shoheen ho! to the rise and fall Of mother's bosom, 'tis sleep has bound you! And oh, my child, what cozier nest For rosier rest could love have found you? Sleep, baby dear! Sleep without fear! Mother's two arms are close around you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE BOW, FR. THE WHITE COMPANY by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE IMPROMPTU LINES ON JULY FOURTH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 12. LIFE FOR LOVE by PHILIP AYRES THE NIGHTINGALE THAT WAS DROWNED by PHILIP AYRES THE ENTERED APPRENTICES' SONG by MATTHEW BIRKHEAD TO A DISCIPLE OF WILLIAM MORRIS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |