Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LULLABY, by VIRGINIA FRAZER BOYLE First Line: They are fluttering and fluttering, like birds upon Last Line: Bye oh! Baby bye! Subject(s): Babies; Sleep; Infants | ||||||||
They are fluttering and fluttering, like birds upon the tree-- Baby bye! Baby bye! Then shut them tight, my precious, one for you and one for me-- Bye oh! Baby bye! Away down in the sheepfold all the lambkins are at rest-- The little chickabiddies in their feathers soft are pressed-- And good old Mammy Nature holds them all upon her breast!-- Bye oh! Baby bye! Um! Um! Um! Um! Bye oh! Baby bye! We say we're men and women at the early dawn of day-- Baby bye! Baby bye! But the sunset finds us children, with tears to wipe away-- Bye oh! Baby bye! No shame to us that stumbled, if we tried to do our part-- No blame to us for falling, if we made an honest start!-- Then take it all to mammy!--lay it all upon her heart-- Bye oh! Baby bye! Um! Um! Um! Um! Bye oh! Baby bye! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET TO HIS BABY SON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BABYHOOD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN INFANCY by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG BALLAD OF THE LAYETTE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A TOAST FOR LITTLE IRON MIKE by PAUL MARIANI THE PAMPERING OF LEORA by THYLIAS MOSS ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS IN THE THRIVING SEASON by LISEL MUELLER TENNESSEE; PRIZE CENTENNIAL ODE (1896) by VIRGINIA FRAZER BOYLE |
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