by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954)

Berceuse
Language: English 
O'er the mountain toward the west,
as the children go to rest,
Faintly comes a sound,
a song of nature hovers round,
'Tis the beauty of the night;
Sleep thee well till morning light.

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