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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LULLABY OF A WOMAN OF THE MOUNTAIN, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "little gold head, my house's candle" Last Line: Do not stir to-night till the daylight whitens | |||
Little gold head, my house's candle, You will guide all wayfarers that walk this country. Little soft mouth that my breast has known, Mary will kiss you as she passes. Little round cheek, O smoother than satin, Iosa will lay His hand upon you. Mary's kiss on my baby's mouth. Christ's little hand on my darling's cheek! House, be still, and ye little gray mice, Lie close to-night in your hidden lairs Moths on the window, fold your wings, Little black chafers, silence your humming. Plover and curlew fly not over my house, Do not speak, wild barnacle, passing over this mountain. Things of the mountain that wake in the night time, Do not stir to-night till the daylight whitens. | 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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