Classic Poem

FROM THE GERMAN

S LEEP , baby, sleep!
Our cottage vale is deep;
The little lamb is on the green,
His snowy fleece is soft and clean,
Sleep, baby, sleep!

Sleep, baby, sleep!
I would not, would not weep;
The little lamb — he never cries —
How bright and happy are his eyes,
Sleep, baby, sleep!

Sleep, baby, sleep!
Thy rest shall angels keep;
The lamb before the doors shall feed,
And suffer neither want nor need.
Sleep, baby, sleep!

Sleep, baby, sleep!
Near where the woodbines creep;
Be like the lamb so meek and mild,
A sweet and kind and gentle child.
Sleep, baby, sleep!