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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CRADLE SONG (TO A TUNE OF BLAKE'S): 1, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Baby, baby bright Last Line: Heaven in two blue eyes. Subject(s): Blake, William (1757-1827) | |||
To a Tune of Blake's Baby, baby bright, Sleep can steal from sight Little of your light: Soft as fire in dew, Still the life in you Lights your slumber through. Four white eyelids keep Fast the seal of sleep Deep as love is deep: Yet, though closed it lies, Love behind them spies Heaven in two blue eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY FATHER'S FACE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NOVEMBER 23, 1989; AFTER BLAKE by NORMAN DUBIE IN THE OCTAGONAL ROOM by ANSELM HOLLO ARTIFACT: FIRST OF ALL, SEA; AND HALF OF THE SEA IS TRUTH, HALF WIND by ELENI SIKELIANOS TWO DICTA OF WILLIAM BLAKE: VARIATIONS by ROBERT DUNCAN A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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