Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY MOTHER'S FAITH, by EUGENE FIELD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The fire upon the hearth is low Last Line: "and ""now I lay me down to sleep!" Variant Title(s): In The Firelight;'now I Lay Me Down To Sleep' Subject(s): Mothers | ||||||||
THE fire upon the hearth is low, And there is stillness everywhere, And, like winged spirits, here and there The firelight shadows fluttering go. And as the shadows round me creep, A childish treble breaks the gloom, And softly from a further room Comes: "Now I lay me down to sleep." And, somehow, with that little prayer And that sweet treble in my ears, My thought goes back to distant years, And lingers with a dear one there; And as I hear my child's amen, My mother's faith comes back to me, -- Crouched at her side I seem to be, And mother holds my hands again. Oh for an hour in that dear place, Oh for the peace of that dear time, Oh for that childish trust sublime, Oh for a glimpse of mother's face! Yet, as the shadows round me creep, I do not seem to be alone -- Sweet magic of that treble tone And "Now I lay me down to sleep!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS IN THE 25TH YEAR OF MY MOTHER'S DEATH by JUDY JORDAN THE PAIDLIN' WEAN by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BLASTING FROM HEAVEN by PHILIP LEVINE CHILD AND MOTHER by EUGENE FIELD |
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