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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LULLABY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "dear mother, in dreams I see her" Last Line: "bye, bye, bye, bye!" | |||
Dear mother, in dreams I see her With loved face sweet and calm, And hear her voice With love rejoice, When nestling on her arm. I think how she softly press'd me, Of the tears in each glist'ning eye, As her watch she'd keep, When she rock'd to sleep Her child with this lullaby: Bye, bye, drowsiness o'ertaking, Pretty little eyelids, sleep-- Bye, bye, watching till thou'rt waking, Darling, be thy slumber deep! Bye, bye, bye, bye! Ah! e'en when her life was ebbing, Her words were all of me; My future years Were all her fears; Her fate 'twas not to see. My father, I hear you weeping, As, in sorrow standing by, Comes my mother's plaint In her accents faint, This tender, sweet lullaby: Bye, bye, drowsiness o'ertaking, Pretty little eyelids, sleep-- Bye, bye, watching till thou'rt waking, Darling, be thy slumber deep! Bye, bye, bye, bye! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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