Sleep
The ev'ning comes, and like a dream
the nighttime slips upon the scene
and covers sleeping towns remote
'till all are within its repose.
The stars intone from heaven's perch
and moonlight sings to hushed Earth
a sacred hymn, a slumbrous psalm,
of midnight's birth, unending calm.
The carol urges all to sleep
as darkness takes us all to keep.
That chant sublime! Hypnotic song!
Oh may it ring the whole night long!
the nighttime slips upon the scene
and covers sleeping towns remote
'till all are within its repose.
The stars intone from heaven's perch
and moonlight sings to hushed Earth
a sacred hymn, a slumbrous psalm,
of midnight's birth, unending calm.
The carol urges all to sleep
as darkness takes us all to keep.
That chant sublime! Hypnotic song!
Oh may it ring the whole night long!
2/18/16