possibly by Mary H. Higham (flourished c1879)

My little love
Language: English 
God keep you safe, my little love,
All thro' the night.
Rest close in His encircling arms
Until the light.
My heart is with you as I kneel to pray,
Good night! God keep you in His care alway.

Thick shadows creep like silent ghosts
About my head.
I lose myself in tender dreams
While overhead
The moon comes stealing thro' the window-bars.
A silver sickle gleaming 'mid the stars.

For tho' I am far away,
Feel safe and strong,
To trust you thus, dear love, and yet -
The night is long -
I say with sobbing heart the old fond prayer,
Good night! Sweet dreams! God keep you everywhere!

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Confirmed with Evening News (Sidney), 30th of August 1879, attributed to Mary H. Higham. Note: this poem has been attributed to other authors with slight variations in the text, for example, in the Clare Press (Michigan), 26th of September 1879, where the author's name is given as "La Moille"; and in the Home Book of Verse, where it is attributed to Charles Beach Hawley. See that version.


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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-23
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