Little child, good child, go to sleep. The tree-toads purr and the peepers peep; Under the apple-tree grass grows deep; Little child, good child, go to sleep! Big star out in the orange west; Orioles swung in their gypsy nest; Soft wind singing what you love best; Rest till the sunrise; rest, child, rest! Swift dreams swarm in a silver flight. Hand in hand with the sleepy Night Lie down soft with your eyelids tight. Hush, child, little child! Hush.--Good-night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAWYER'S INVOCATION TO SPRING by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL CITY LYRICS by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS THE FROZEN GRAIL (TO PEARY AND HIS MEN) by ELSA BARKER ENVOI: DEATH (2) by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |