Ere the moon begins to rise Or a star to shine, All the bluebells close their eyes; So close thine, Thine, dear, thine!1 Birds are sleeping in the nest, On the swaying bough; Thus, against the [mother-breast]2, So sleep thou, Sleep, sleep, sleep!
Four songs , opus 20
by Percy Lee Atherton (1871 - 1944)
2. Cradle song [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836 - 1907), "Cradle song", appears in Unguarded Gates and Other Poems, first published 1895
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View original text (without footnotes)1 De Koven adds "Sleep, love, sleep, / Slumber deep; / Sleep, sleep, sleep, / So sleep."
2 De Koven: "mother's breast"
3. Stars of the summer night [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Stars of the summer night! Far in yon azure deeps, Hide, hide your golden light! She sleeps, my lady sleeps! Moon of the summer night! Far down yon western steeps, Sink, sink in silver light! She sleeps, my lady sleeps! Wind of the summer night! Where yonder woodbine creeps, Fold, fold thy pinions light! She sleeps, my lady sleeps! Dreams of the summer night! Tell her, her lover keeps watch! While in slumbers light She sleeps, my lady sleeps!
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), no title, appears in The Spanish Student, Act 1, Scene 3, first published 1843
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