Lullaby

by Leonie Adams

Léonie Adams

Hush, lullay.
Your treasures all
Encrust with rust,
Your trinket pleasures fall
        To dust.

Beneath the sapphire arch,
Upon the grassy floor,
Is nothing more
        To hold,
And play is over-old.
Your eyes
        In sleepy fever gleam,
Their lids droop
        To their dream.
You wander late alone,
The flesh frets on the bone,
Your love fails in your breast,
Here is the pillow.
Rest.





Last updated May 15, 2023