by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)
Baby, baby bright
Language: English
Baby, baby bright, Sleep can steal from sight Little of your light: Soft as fire in dew, Still the life in you Lights your slumber through. Four white eyelids keep Fast the seal of sleep Deep as love is deep: Yet, though closed it lies, Love behind them spies Heaven in two blue eyes.
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Text Authorship:
- by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909), no title, appears in A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems, in Cradle songs, no. 1, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Leo Smith (1881 - 1952), "Cradle song", published c1912 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from Five songs, Winnipeg and Toronto : Whaley, Royce & Co. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 54