Lullaby.
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:14 am
Sleep my darling, sleep my love,
and may the icy stars above
shed influence on your sleeping
and bring you joy, not weeping.
Sleep away the careful day
of plans and promise gone astray
of disappointment,envy, care
and the cold assessiing stare.
Sleep my love, sleep my darling,
outside the bitter years are snarling,
but warm inside your fragile sleep,
where time is lost, let others weep.
Sleep my darling, sleep my love,
and may the icy stars above,
waking, grant to you my dear,
a day without a thought of fear.
AN experiment in rhythm which I am not sure comes off. The idea was to have trochaic line and iambic lines in canon but I couldn,t sustain it. I post it, because despite its failings, I like its simplicity.
and may the icy stars above
shed influence on your sleeping
and bring you joy, not weeping.
Sleep away the careful day
of plans and promise gone astray
of disappointment,envy, care
and the cold assessiing stare.
Sleep my love, sleep my darling,
outside the bitter years are snarling,
but warm inside your fragile sleep,
where time is lost, let others weep.
Sleep my darling, sleep my love,
and may the icy stars above,
waking, grant to you my dear,
a day without a thought of fear.
AN experiment in rhythm which I am not sure comes off. The idea was to have trochaic line and iambic lines in canon but I couldn,t sustain it. I post it, because despite its failings, I like its simplicity.
Being a pirate by nature, I prefer century -old rum and rusted pistols! 
There's a typo in S2L4, darling! 
) that mixed with the simplicity is redeemed by the title. As a lullaby this ticks all the boxes, a nice rhythm, strong rhyme, refrain line and simple.