Sleep Child, Sleep Now! Poem by AFFAQ NABI

Merry muses in the moony ray's
hovered over my wearied head,
Nighty dreams of the fairy fountains,
I still remember what Mom said--
Sunny days in the shrubby trees,
to and fro of buzzing bees,
Then spinning wheels around hers.
And she said, 'Shoot none dead'--

Lovely dreams in the moony rays,
Haizy waves into the maize fields,
And a bear sleeps between these
Sweet child, sleep now; please lay your head---
Hail hoopie! by the hills or by soaring seas,
I have lost my house keys.
and please attain these---

Sweet child, look to the sky
Are they stars or the pearls?
Some seem to like the pretty Girl's
Walking coquettishly with silky curls,
Do you hear, my dear? ---
The brave eagle on the steep rocks,
Lone rider, rouse higher,
In fierce gales, in drift waves
He never drops or stops.
Oh, he knocks on the maple
tops---

Nighty dreams in the moony beams,
(I will tell you, this is not a fairy tale.)
Jonah! was swallowed by a whale,
In the narrow and rough sea,
In his belly he grew wan.
Three days and three nights,
Then was rendered to the shore.
Quite lean and quite pale---

Sleep, child; never take the float loans.
It's better to live on less.
Be mild and follow these lines.
He owns the stars and the moon's
Sleep, child, sleep now---
Merry muses in the moony ray's
hovered over my weary head.
With fairy music my eyes are now pretty wet.
Sleep, child, sleep now---