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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUSHABYE SEA, by HARRY NOYES PRATT Poet's Biography First Line: Soft breezes blowing, and low in the west Last Line: Come sail back to daddy, in dayland, with me. | |||
Soft breezes blowing, and low in the west The red glow is fading--my little one, rest! Rest while the stars twinkle soft in the sky And the great golden moon slips so silently by. Wee little feet are so weary with play-- Rest in my arms, dear, and we'll sail away: Lullabye Boat on the Hushabye Sea, A white-petalled rose, dear, our swift sail shall be; A moonbeam of gold, dear, we'll use for a mast, And then, dear, to Dreamland we'll sail on so fast-- In our island of Dreamland we'll rest, dear, at last. Pink are the clouds that float high in the east. The murmur of waves on the shore, dear, has ceased. Back to the Dayland, the playland, we'll go; The bright sun will greet us so gladly, I know. Wee little lady, all rested from sleep! Close in my arms, dear, my treasure I'll keep. Rockabye waves swing us swiftly along; Sweet winds of morning shall blow clean and strong. White-breasted seagulls our sailors shall be-- In our Lullabye Boat, dear, on Hushabye Sea, Come sail back to daddy, in Dayland, with me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR MY FIREPLACE by HARRY NOYES PRATT LULLABY-O, BY-O, BABE by HARRY NOYES PRATT ON THE RED MOON by HARRY NOYES PRATT POPLAR TREES ARE HAPPIEST by HARRY NOYES PRATT WITH DRUNKEN GODS by HARRY NOYES PRATT STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 4. NEW JERSEY by CLARENCE MAJOR THE MEMORY OF MARTHA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SONNET: 13. TO MR. H. LAWES, ON HIS AIRS by JOHN MILTON HALSTED STREET CAR by CARL SANDBURG |
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