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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SLEEP SONG, by RAY CLARKE ROSE
First Line: Dear little blue-eyes, go to sleep!
Last Line: Sleep, love, and close your eyes of blue.
Subject(s): Children; Sleep; Childhood
First Line: Dear little blue-eyes, go to sleep!
Last Line: Sleep, love, and close your eyes of blue.
Subject(s): Children; Sleep; Childhood
Dear little blue-eyes, go to sleep!
The twilight shadows are knee-deep;
The sun gone down behind the town,
And from the hilltop's silver crown
A faint, far day-star seems to peep.
The green lawn twinkles bright with dew,
The treetops whisper low to you:
"Sleep, little one; the day is done;
Sleep till the rising of the sun!"
Sleep, love, and close your eyes of blue.
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