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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LULLABY, by F. W. FOLEY First Line: Sleepy little, creepy little goblins in the gloaming Last Line: Baby playing 'possum with his big brown eyes! | |||
Sleepy little, creepy little goblins in the gloaming, With their airy little, fairy little faces all aglow, Winking little, blinking little brownies gone a-roaming, Hear the rustling little, bustling little footfalls as they go. Laughing little, chaffing little voices sweetly singing In the dearest little, queerest little baby lullabies, Creep! Creep! Creep! Time to go to sleep! Baby playing 'possum with his big brown eyes! Cricket in the thicket with the oddest little clatter Sings his rattling little, prattling, tattling little tune; Fleet the feet of tiny stars go patter, patter, patter, As they scamper from the heavens at the rising of the moon. Beaming little, gleaming little fireflies go dreaming To the dearest little, queerest little baby lullabies. Creep! Creep! Creep! Time to go to sleep! Baby playing 'possum with his big brown eyes! Quaking little, shaking little voices all a-quiver In the mushy little, rushy little, weedy, reedy bogs, Droning little, moaning little chorus by the river, In the croaking little, joking little cadence of the frogs. Eerie little, cheery little glowworms in the gloaming Where the clover heads like fairy nightcaps rise. Creep! Creep! Creep! Time to go to sleep! Baby playing 'possum with his big brown eyes! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT APRIL by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE THE CHURCH FLOORE by GEORGE HERBERT SONNET: 36 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE OLD HOKUM BUNCOMBE by ROBERT EMMET SHERWOOD OEDIPUS AT COLONUS: OLD AGE by SOPHOCLES FRAGMENT OF A CHORUS OF A DEJANEIRA by MATTHEW ARNOLD |
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