Sleep, baby, sleep! Dad is not nigh, Tossed on the deep, Lul-lul-a-by! Moon shining bright, Dropping of dew, Owls hoot all night, To-whit! to-whoo! Sleep, baby, sleep! Dad is away, Tossed on the deep, Looking for day. In the hedge-row Glow-worms alight, Rivulets flow All through the night. Sleep, baby, sleep! Dad is afar, Tossed on the deep, Watching a star. Clock going--tick, Tack,--in the dark. On the hearth--click! Dies the last spark. Sleep, baby, sleep! What! not a wink. Dad on the deep. What will he think? Baby dear, soon Daddy will come, Bringing red shoon For baby at home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE WOMAN by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE SEVEN ARTS by ROBERT FROST THE WILLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MARTHA WASHINGTON by SIDNEY LANIER IN WALKED BUD WITH A PALETTE by CLARENCE MAJOR A MENDOCINO MEMORY by EDWIN MARKHAM |