Red cradle of the night, In you The dusky child Sleeps fast till his might Shall be piled Sinew on sinew. Red cradle of the night, The dusky child Sleeping sits upright. Lo! how The winds blow now! He pillows back; The winds are again mild. When he stretches his arms out, Red cradle of the night, The alarms shout From bare tree to tree, Wild In afright! Mighty shall he be, Red cradle of the night, The dusky child! ! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERABLE NIGHT by AVENELLE WILMETH BLAIR ON MOORE'S LAST OPERATIC FARCE, OR FARCICAL OPERA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON MY CHILDHOOD HOME by OLETA FOX CLOOS EPISTLE TO JOHN BRADSHAW, ESQ.: 3 by CHARLES COTTON SINGLE PHILOSOPHY by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY A LIFE'S LOVE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |