The sky is dark and the hills are white
As the storm-king speeds from the north to-night,
And this is the song the storm-king sings,
As over the world his cloak he flings:
“Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep;”
He rustles his wings and gruffly sings:
“Sleep, little one, sleep.”
On yonder mountain-side a vine
Clings at the foot of a mother pine;
The tree bends over the trembling thing,
And only the vine can hear her sing:
“Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep;
What shall you fear when I am here?
Sleep, little one, sleep.”
The king may sing in his bitter flight,
The tree may croon to the vine to-night,
But the little snowflake at my breast
Liketh the song I sing the best,-
Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep;
Weary thou art, anext my heart
Sleep, little one, sleep.
Norse Lullaby
Eugene Field
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Poem topics: dark, fear, heart, mother, sky, world, white, flight, hear, mountain, bitter, night, song, tree, I love you, I miss you, storm, king, sleep, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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