Welcome Joy And Welcome Sorrow: V. Lullaby

Moon! Keep wide thy golden ears!
Hearken, stars! And hearken, spheres!
Hearken, thou eternal sky,
I sing an infant's lullaby,
A pretty lullaby.
Listen, listen, listen, listen,
Glisten, glisten, glisten,
And hear my lullaby.

Though the rushes that will make
Its cradle still are in the lake,
Though the linen that will be
Its swathe, is on the cotton tree
Though the woollen that will keep
It warm, is on the silly sheep
Listen, starlight, listen, listen,
Glisten, glisten, glisten,
And hear my lullaby.