You would not slumber <br />If laid at my breast: <br />You would not slumber. <br /> <br />The river-flood beats <br />The swan from her nest: <br />You would not slumber. <br /> <br />And like that quick flood <br />My blood goes unguessed: <br />You would not slumber. <br /> <br />Times without number <br />Has called the wood quest: <br />Times without number. <br /> <br />As oft as she called <br />To me you were pressed: <br />Times without number. <br /> <br />Now you'd not slumber <br />If laid at my breast <br />Times without number. <br /> <br />O starling reed-resting, <br />I’ll rock you to rest: <br />So you will slumber.<br /><br />Padraic Colum<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sister-s-lullaby/
