Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CRADLE SONG, by EBEN EUGENE REXFORD


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CRADLE SONG, by                    
First Line: O lullaby, my baby. The bee has gone to sleep
Last Line: O sleep, my baby, sleep.


O lullaby, my baby. The bee has gone to sleep;
The dew is on the clover and peace is on the deep,
While mother sings above thee a little slumber song,
And prays beneath her singing, God save my babe from wrong.
O sleep, my baby, sleep.

O lullaby, my baby. The stars shine overhead
To light the way of angels who come about thy bed
To keep their watch above thee until the morning breaks,
And from the dreams they brought him my little darling wakes.
O sleep, my baby, sleep.

O lullaby, my baby: take thou this good-night kiss,
And may it tell thee, darling, what love a mother's is.
Take thou this kiss to dream of the while I breathe a prayer
That God who gave shall have thee forever in His care.
O sleep, my baby, sleep.





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