Classic Poem

" Hush, darling, and close your eyes;
Little birds are asleep in their nest,
Little stars are white in the skies.
Hush, baby, and take your rest.

" Hush, darling, the winds are still,
Rose and lily are hanging their heads;
All the sweet blossoms at morning will
Open afresh in their dewy beds.

" Through the twilight and darkness deep,
Rest, though my arms may not infold you.
One, who knows neither slumber nor sleep,
In stronger clasp than mine shall hold you. "

I sang. And slowly the dawn of day
Silvered the sky, and fields, and river;
But the baby had fled, in his sleep, away
Into eternal arms, forever!

Then sleep on, baby, and take your rest;
Yours was the life of a flower, but they
Who dwell forever among God's blest
Find a thousand years but a day.