You would not slumber
If laid at my breast:
You would not slumber.
The river-flood beats
The swan from her nest:
You would not slumber.
And like that quick flood
My blood goes unguessed:
You would not slumber.
Times without number
Has called the wood quest:
Times without number.
As oft as she called
To me you were pressed:
Times without number.
Now you'd not slumber
If laid at my breast
Times without number.
O starling reed-resting,
I-ll rock you to rest:
So you will slumber.
The Sister's Lullaby
Padraic Colum
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Poem topics: river, slumber, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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