Poems (Prescott)/Rest
For works with similar titles, see Rest.
REST
"Hush, darling, and close your eyes;
Little birds are asleep in their nest,
Little stars are white in the skies.
Hush, baby, and take your rest.
Little birds are asleep in their nest,
Little stars are white in the skies.
Hush, baby, and take your rest.
"Hush, darling, the winds are still,
Rose and lily are hanging their heads;
All the sweet blossoms at morning will
Open afresh in their dewy beds.
Rose and lily are hanging their heads;
All the sweet blossoms at morning will
Open afresh in their dewy beds.
"Through the twilight and darkness deep,
Rest, though my arms may not infold you
One, who knows neither slumber nor sleep,
In stronger clasp than mine shall hold you."
Rest, though my arms may not infold you
One, who knows neither slumber nor sleep,
In stronger clasp than mine shall hold you."
I sang. And slowly the dawn of day
Silvered the sky, and fields, and river;
But the baby had fled, in his sleep, away
Into eternal arms, forever!
Silvered the sky, and fields, and river;
But the baby had fled, in his sleep, away
Into eternal arms, forever!
Then sleep on, baby, and take your rest;
Yours was the life of a flower, but they
Who dwell forever among God's blest
Find a thousand years but a day.
Yours was the life of a flower, but they
Who dwell forever among God's blest
Find a thousand years but a day.