Cradle Song for Eleanor”:

Sleep, my darling, sleep;
The pity of it all
Is all we compass if
We watch disaster fall.
Put off your twenty-odd
Encumbered years and creep
Into the only heaven,
The robbers’ cave of sleep.

The wild grass will whisper,
Lights of passing cars
Will streak across your dreams
And fumble at the stars;
Life will tap the window
Only too soon again,
Life will have her answer –
Do not ask her when.

When the winsome bubble
Shivers, when the bough
Breaks, will be the moment
But not here or now.
Sleep and, asleep, forget
The watchers on the wall
Awake all night who know
The pity of it all.

Author: Louis MacNeice

Cradle Song for Eleanor”: <br /><br />Sleep, my darling, sleep; <br />The pity of it all <br />Is all we compass if <br />We watch disaster fall. <br />Put off your twenty-odd <br />Encumbered years and creep <br />Into the only heaven, <br />The robbers’ cave of sleep. <br /><br />The wild grass will whisper, <br />Lights of passing cars <br />Will streak across your dreams <br />And fumble at the stars; <br />Life will tap the window <br />Only too soon again, <br />Life will have her answer – <br />Do not ask her when. <br /><br />When the winsome bubble <br />Shivers, when the bough <br />Breaks, will be the moment <br />But not here or now. <br />Sleep and, asleep, forget <br />The watchers on the wall <br />Awake all night who know <br />The pity of it all. - Louis MacNeice



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