Sweet and Low
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Sweet and low, sweet and low,
Wind of the Western sea;
Low, low, breathe and blow,
Wind of the Western sea;
Over the rolling waters go,
Come from the dying moon and blow,
Blow him again to me,
While my little one,
While my pretty one sleeps . . .
To the Evening Star
from Wagner's "Tannhauser"
O thou sublime sweet evening star!
Joyful I greet thee from afar.
With glowing heart that ne'er disclos'd,
Greet her when she in thy light reposed.
When parting from this vale, a vision,
She rises to an angel's mission,
When parted from this vale, a vision,
She rises to an angel's mission.
When at Night I Go to Sleep
from Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel"
When at night I go to sleep,
Fourteen angels watch do keep:
Two my head are guarding,
Two my feet are guiding.
Two are on my right hand,
Two are on my left hand.
Two my asleep attending,
Two awake me bending.
Two point out when I arise
The way to heavenly paradise.
All Through the Night
A Welsh Lullaby
Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee,
All through the night.
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night.
Soft, the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping.
I, my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night.
Angels watching, e'er around thee,
All through the night.
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night.
Soft, the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping,
I, my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night.
Brahms' Lullaby
by Johannes Brahms
Lullaby and good-night, with roses bedight,
With lilies o'er spread is baby's wee bed.
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed.
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed.
When at Night I Go to Sleep
from Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel"
When at night I go to sleep,
Fourteen angels watch do keep:
Two my head are guarding,
Two my feet are guiding.
Two are on my right hand,
Two are on my left hand.
Two my asleep attending,
Two awake me bending.
Two point out when I arise
The way to heavenly paradise.
All Through the Night
A Welsh Lullaby
Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee,
All through the night.
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night.
Soft, the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping.
I, my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night.
Angels watching, e'er around thee,
All through the night.
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night.
Soft, the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping,
I, my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night.
Brahms' Lullaby
by Johannes Brahms
Lullaby and good-night, with roses bedight,
With lilies o'er spread is baby's wee bed.
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed.
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed.
Dutch Lullaby
by Eugene Field
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe,--
Sailed on a river of misty light
Into a sea of dew.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
The old moon asked the three.
"We have come to fish for the herring-fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we,"
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
The old moon laughed and sung a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe;
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew;
The little stars were the herring-fish
That lived in the beautiful sea.
"Now cast your nets wherever you wish,
But never afeard are we!"
So cried the stars to the fishermen three,
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
All night long their nets they threw
For the fish in the twinkling foam,
Then down from the sky came the wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home;
'T was all so pretty a sail, it seemed
As if it could not be;
And some folk thought 't was a dream they'd
dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea;
But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one's trundle-bed;
So shut your eyes while Mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock on the misty sea
Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three,--
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
GOOD-NIGHT AND SWEET DREAMS!
Rest in Peace, Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall (2014)
