Louisa May Alcott - Lullaby

Lyrics

Now the day is done Now the shepherd sun Drives his white flocks from the sky; Now the flowers rest On their mother's breast Hushed by her low lullaby Now the glowworms glance Now the fireflies dance Under fern-boughs green and high; And the western breeze To the forest trees Chants a tuneful lullaby Now 'mid shadows deep Falls blessed sleep Like dew from the summer sky; And the whole earth dreams In the moon's soft bеams While night breathes a lullaby Now, birdlings, rеst In your wind-rocked nest Unscared by the owl's shrill cry; For with folded wings Little Brier swings And singeth your lullaby