|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRAIRIE MOTHER'S LULLABY, by EARL ALONZO BRININSTOOL Poet's Biography First Line: The sunset deepens in the west Last Line: Sleep, my little prairie wildflower, lullaby, oh, sleep! Subject(s): Mothers; Prairies; Babies; Sleep; Plains; Infants | |||
The sunset deepens in the West, Faint shadows drift across the sky; So sleep, dear heart, on mother's breast, And rock away to dreamy rest To her low, soothing lullaby. The night-wind breathes across the plain; The moonbeams shed a luster bright; The cattle low a weird refrain Upon the star-lit summer night. By-low, babe, oh, rockaby! By-low, babe, oh, hushaby! Down along the winding trail thy daddy rides where shadows creep. So-ho, baby, close thine eyes! By-low, babe, the sunset dies! Sleep, my little prairie wildflower, lullaby, oh, sleep! Upon the mesa, bare and brown, The slinking, gaunt coyotes prowl; And hark! upon the silent air, In ghostly cadence echoing there, Floats forth the gray wolf's mournful howl, The cowboy's song rings loud and clear, As 'round the bedded herd he rides; And from the stunted sagebrush near The sluggish rattler smoothly glides. By-low, babe, oh, rockaby! By-low, babe, oh, hushaby! O'er the rugged buttes and foothills golden moonbeams shyly peep. So-ho, baby, close thine eyes! Dream to mother's lullabies! Sleep, my little prairie wildflower, lullaby, oh, sleep! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET TO HIS BABY SON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BABYHOOD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN INFANCY by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG BALLAD OF THE LAYETTE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A TOAST FOR LITTLE IRON MIKE by PAUL MARIANI THE PAMPERING OF LEORA by THYLIAS MOSS ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS IN THE THRIVING SEASON by LISEL MUELLER HAPPINESS by EARL ALONZO BRININSTOOL |
| |