Collected Poetical Works of Mary Robinson by Mary Robinson

Author:Mary Robinson [Robinson, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry
ISBN: 9781788779821
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Published: 2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

TO AN INFANT SLEEPING.

BY THE SAME.

SWEET baby boy! thy soft cheek glows

An emblem of tile living rose:

Thy breath a zephyr seems to rise;

And placid are thy half‐clos’d eyes;

And silent is thy snowy breast,

Which gently heaves in transient rest;

And dreaming is thy infant brain

Of pleasure, undisturb’d by pain.

Soon shall thy youth to sorrow rise;

And tears shall dim thy half‐clos’d eyes;

And storms will fade that living rose;

And keen Unkindness wound repose:

Soon will thy slumbers painful be;

And thou wilt watch and weep, like me;

And thou wilt shrink, with fear aghast,

From wild Misfortune’s chilling blast.

Ah! then no more in balmy sleep

Shall Mem’ry fond her garland steep;

No more shall visions, sweetly gay,

Sport in the coming beams of day;

No more thy downy pillow be

A pillow, BOY, of down to thee,

For many a thorn shall ruthless Care

In envious rancour scatter there!

SWEET BABY BOY! then sleep awhile:

For Youth will never wake to smile;

Time flings its poisons ‘round the bed

Where Manhood lays its weary head;

The Summer day of life will lour

As long, poor Boy, as Winter’s hour

Unless the Pilot FORTUNE brings

The magic of her GOLDEN WINGS.

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