Slumber Songs

I             Sleep, little eyes             That brim with childish tears amid thy play,             Be comforted!    No grief of night can weigh             Against the joys that throng thy coming day.             Sleep, little heart!             There is no place in Slumberland for tears:             Life soon enough will bring its chilling fears             And sorrows that will dim the after years.             Sleep, little heart!             II             Ah, little eyes             Dead blossoms of a springtime long ago,             That life's storm crushed and left to lie below             The benediction of the falling snow!             Sleep, little heart             That ceased so long ago its frantic beat!             The years that come and go with silent feet             Have naught to tell save this -- that rest is sweet.             Dear little heart.