Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHRISTMAS LULLABY, by ARTHUR WEIR First Line: The restless clock is ticking out Last Line: His round of kindly deeds. Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The | ||||||||
The restless clock is ticking out The hours that go before the dawn, And icy moonbeams dart about The snow that shrouds the slumbering lawn,-- The lawn that Santa Claus must cross Ere he shall reach my baby's cot,-- Ah! who shall measure Bertie's loss Should Santa Claus come not! Sleep, softly sleep, my pretty one; I hear the neighing of the steeds,-- Good Santa Claus has just begun His round of kindly deeds. What has the little man for thee, My precious babe who slumb'rest there? He brings, sweet one, a gift from me, A mother's love, a mother's care,-- A mother's care that shall not wane, While hands can toil or brain can think, Until that day shall come again When thou shalt cross life's brink. Sleep, softly sleep, my pretty one; I hear the neighing of the steeds,-- Good Santa Claus has just begun His round of kindly deeds. He brings a cross, he brings a crown, And places them on either hand. Upon the cross thou must not frown, For some day thou shalt understand,-- Shalt understand the preciousness That to the sombre cross pertains, And thou wilt hold the crown far less Than of the cross the pains. Sleep, softly sleep, my pretty one; I hear the neighing of the steeds,-- Good Santa Claus has just begun His round of kindly deeds. He brings the greatest gift of all In bringing thee this Christmas Day: The deathless love it doth recall Of Him who took thy sins away; And when no more thy mother's care Can guide thy footsteps, Baby Mine, Thy steps shall be secured, each where, By love of One divine. Sleep, softly sleep, my pretty one; I hear the neighing of the steeds,-- Good Santa Claus has just begun His round of kindly deeds. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIFFERENT VIEWS; A CHRISMAS DUET by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS by AMBROSE BIERCE CHRISTMAS IN CHINATOWN by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ISAIAH'S COAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL SNOWSHOE[ING] SONG by ARTHUR WEIR DUTY SURVIVING SELF-LOVE; THE ONLY SURE FRIEND OF DECLINING LIFE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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