The Poetical Works of (Richard Monckton Milnes) Lord Houghton ::

The Poetical Works of (Richard Monckton Milnes) Lord Houghton

Collected ed.

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-1885)

VOLUME I

II.

VOLUME II

POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.

THE POETRY OF THE PEOPLE.

SONNETS.

SONGS.

A CHILD'S SONG.

“THE INFANT'S THREE SABBATHS.”

THE OLD MANORIAL HALL.

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“THE INFANT'S THREE SABBATHS.”

Slumber, infant, slumber,
On thy mother's breast;
Kisses without number
Rain upon thy rest—
Well they come from many lips,
But from her's the best,
Slumber, infant, slumber,
On thy mother's breast.

Slumber, infant, slumber,
On the earth's cold breast,
Blossoms without number
Bloom about thy rest.
Nature, clad in all her smiles
Greets so fair a guest,
Slumber, infant, slumber,
On the earth's cold breast.

Slumber, infant, slumber
On an angel's breast,
Glories without number,
Consecrate thy rest.

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Deeper joys than we can know
Wait upon the blest,
Slumber, infant, slumber,
On an angel's breast.

Arranged to a native Indian air by the Rev. John Griffiths.

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“THE INFANT'S THREE SABBATHS.”