a cradle song

sweet dreams

form a shade

o'er my lovely infant's head. sweet dreams of pleasant streams

by happy

silent

moony beams. sweet sleep

with soft down

weave thy brows an infant crown. sweet sleep

angel mild

hover o'er my happy child. sleep

sleep

happy child

all creation slept and smil'd. sleep

sleep

happy sleep

while o'er thee thy mother weep. sweet babe

in thy face

holy image i can trace

sweet babe once like thee

maker lay and wept for me. wept for me

for thee

for all

when he was an infant small. thou his image ever see

heavenly face that smiles on thee. smiles on thee

on me

on all

who became an infant small

infant smiles are his own smiles;

heaven and earth to peace beguiles.