Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHISPERING PALMS, by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO


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First Line: Holy angels and blest
Last Line: My babe is asleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lope De Vega
Variant Title(s): A Christmas Cradlesong
Subject(s): Christmas; Palm Trees; Nativity, The


Holy angels and blest,
Through these palms as ye sweep,
Hold their branches at rest,
For my Babe is asleep.

And ye, Bethlehem palm-trees,
As stormy winds rush
In tempest and fury
Your angry noise hush;--
Move gently, move gently,
Restrain your wild sweep;
Hold your branches at rest--
My Babe is asleep.





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