Sweet dreams, form a shade O'er my lovely infant's head;-- Sweet dreams of pleasant streams By happy, silent, moony beams. Sweet sleep, with soft down Weave thy brows an infant crown. Sweet sleep, Angel mild, Hover o'er my happy child. Sweet smiles, in the night Hover over my delight;-- Sweet smiles, mother's smiles, All the livelong night beguiles. Sweet moans, dovelike sighs, Chase not slumber from thy eyes. Sweet moans, sweeter smiles, All the dovelike moans beguiles. Sleep, sleep, happy child, All creation slept and smil'd; Sleep, sleep, happy sleep. While o'er thee thy mother weep. Sweet babe, in thy face Holy image I can trace. Sweet babe, once like thee, Thy Maker lay, and wept for me, Wept for me, for thee, for all, When He was an infant small. Thou His image ever see, Heavenly face that smiles on thee, Smiles on thee, on me, on all; Who became an infant small. Infant smiles are His own smiles; Heaven and earth to peace beguiles. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EXPOSED NEST by ROBERT FROST THE MOTHER IN THE HOUSE by HERMANN HAGEDORN FOR CHARLIE'S SAKE by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY BEAUREGARD by CATHERINE ANNE WARFIELD WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT, FEBRUARY, 1885 by WALT WHITMAN AGAMEMNON: CHORUS by AESCHYLUS ON SEEING THE SUN SHINE ... MY WINDOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR by LUCY AIKEN |