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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SLUMBER SONG, by MARIE VAN VORST First Line: When the low flying wind, awake Last Line: For thy lullaby! | |||
(The White Elf Mother sings) When the low flying wind, awake, Brushes the lilies, and the low Blue flowers hidden in the brake,-- When the sighing Alders bend and shake,-- When the owl's whirring,--Hush thee, dear! For all the elfin lights aglow Will guide the slumber fairies here, Naught is stirring For my child to fear. When the strange sighing tree-tops sing, Dance all the fairies to and fro And white dreams from their mantles fling, While the flying Winds thy cradle swing. When the low crooning insects cry Creep the white elves soft, and slow, Hush thee, Sweet! and hear the merry Pipes a-tuning For thy lullaby! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SCHOOLBOYS IN WINTER by JOHN CLARE SONNET: 15. TO THE LORD GENERAL FAIRFAX by JOHN MILTON AMORETTI: 19 by EDMUND SPENSER KASSANDRA PROPHESIES by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |
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