A CRADLE SONG
Sweet dreams, form a shade / O'er my lovely infant's head!
Sweet dreams, form a shade / O'er my lovely infant's head!
Cruelty has a human heart, / And Jealousy a human face;
Once a dream did weave a shade / O'er my angel-guarded bed,
Cruelty has a human heart, / And Jealousy a human face;
Once a dream did weave a shade / O'er my angel-guarded bed,
"Nought loves another as itself, / Nor venerates another so,
Children of the future age, / Reading this indignant page,
I was angry with my friend: / I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
Sweet dreams, form a shade / O'er my lovely infant's head!
Ah Sunflower, weary of time, / Who countest the steps of the sun;
I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? / And that I was a maiden Queen
To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Merry, merry sparrow! / Under leaves so green
THEL'S MOTTO / 1 Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?
CHAPTER 1 / Lo, a shadow of horror is risen
A little black thing in the snow, / Crying "weep! weep!" in notes of woe!
"Love seeketh not itself to please, / Nor for itself hath any care,
The Maiden caught me in the wild, / Where I was dancing merrily;
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love / All pray in their distress;
Earth raised up her head / From the darkness dread and drear,