Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MIDNIGHT MUSIC, by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND


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MIDNIGHT MUSIC, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What wakes me from my heavy sleep
Last Line: Good night, o mother dear!'
Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Night; Sleep; Bedtime


'WHAT wakes me from my heavy sleep
With tones so low and sweet?
O mother, see, who can it be
So late within the street?' --

'I hear no sound -- I see no form,
O slumber soft and mild!
No midnight music comes for thee,
My poor and sickly child.'

'It was no music of the earth
That sounded in mine ear;
The angels call me with their songs:
Good night, O mother dear!'





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