Sleep, Baby, sleep! The mother sings: Heaven's angels kneel and fold their wings. Sleep, Baby, sleep! Sleep, Baby, sleep! The father cries: Stars lean and worship from the skies. Sleep, Baby, sleep! With swathes of scented hay Thy bed By Mary's hand at eve was spread. Sleep, Baby, sleep! At midnight came the shepherds, they Whom angels wakened by the way. Sleep, Baby, sleep! And three kings from the East afar Ere dawn came, guided by Thy star. Sleep, Baby, sleep! They brought Thee gifts of gold and gems Pure Orient pearls, rich diadems. Sleep, Baby, sleep! But Thou, who liest slumbering there, Art King of kings, earth, stars, and air. Sleep, Baby, sleep! Sleep, Baby, sleep! The shepherds sing: Through earth, through heaven, hosannas ring. Sleep, Baby, sleep! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET PREFIXED TO 'THE COMMONWEALTH & GOVERNMENT OF VENICE' by EDMUND SPENSER FRATER AVE ATQUE VALE by ALFRED TENNYSON THE VIKING by CLARIBEL WEEKS AVERY THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. ROSES ALL THE WAY by T. BAKER PSALM 82 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE LYNTON VERSES: 3 by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN WESTWARD PAGEANT by LUCILLE BURTON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. FROM TURIN TO PARIS by EDWARD CARPENTER |