by Charles Mackay (1814 - 1889)

Good‑Night
Language: English 
Hush, Nature! let no jarring sound 
  The drowsy air encumber, 
While she, the fairest of thy works, 
  Is sinking into slumber.
Be silent, earth! ye winds, be still --
  Let nought from sleep alarm her; 
Nor midnight storm, nor sudden fire,
  Nor prowling robber harm her.

Good-night! and be her pleasant rest 
  Unbroken till the morrow; 
May all her visions, like herself, 
  Be sweet, and void of sorrow. 
Good-night! and o'er her silent couch 
  While darkness spreads her cover,
May guardian angels watch and pray, 
  And bless her as they hover.

Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Charles Mackay, London, G. Routledge & Co., 1857, page 79.


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