English Poetry III: From Tennyson to Whitman.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 625. Sweet and Low |
| | | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
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| 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, | 5 |
| Come from the dying moon, and blow, | |
| Blow him again to me; | |
| While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. | |
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| Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, | |
| Father will come to thee soon; | 10 |
| Rest, rest, on mother’s breast, | |
| Father will come to thee soon; | |
| Father will come to his babe in the nest, | |
| Silver sails all out of the west | |
| Under the silver moon: | 15 |
| Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep. | |
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