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.
"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.
"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."
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!
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.