A baby was sleeping; Its mother was weeping; For her husband was far on the wild raging sea; And the tempest was swelling Round the fisherman's dwelling; And she cried, "Dermot, darling! O come back to me!" Her beads while she numbered The baby still slumbered, And smiled in her face as she bended her knee: "O, blessed be that warning, My child, thy sleep adorning, -- For I know that the angels are whispering with thee. "And while they are keeping Bright watch o'er thy sleeping, O, pray to them softly, my baby, with me, -- And say thou wouldst rather They'd watch o'er thy father! For I know that the angels are whispering with thee." The dawn of the morning Saw Dermot returning, And the wife wept with joy her babe's father to see; And closely caressing Her child with a blessing, Said, "I knew that the angels were whispering with thee." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RED, RED ROSE by ROBERT BURNS BETWEEN THE LINES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON AFTER A JOURNEY by THOMAS HARDY EPITAPH (ON A COMMONPLACE PERSON WHO DIED IN BED) by AMY LEVY GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH ENTERS INTO HEAVEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY NORTHERN FARMER, OLD STYLE by ALFRED TENNYSON LIBERTINE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |