Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow - V. Lullaby

"Moon! keep wide thy golden ears!

Hearken, Stars! and hearken, Spheres!

Hearken, thou eternal Sky,

I sing an infant’s lullaby,

A pretty lullaby,

Listen, listen, listen, listen,

Glisten, glisten,

And hear my lullaby.

Though the Rushes that will make

Its cradle still are in the lake:

Though the linen that will be

Its swathe, is on the cotton tree;

Though the woollen that will keep

It warm, is on the silly sheep;

Listen, Starlight, listen, listen,

And hear my lullaby.

Glisten, glisten,

And hear my lullaby."