Be still, O world, sleep well tonight
May all your dreams take gentle flight
Ascending heav`nly stairs sublime
Through all the corridors of time
To drift on lofty shimm`ring clouds
Enwrapped in bright celestial shrouds
Beyond the earth in regions fair
Without a thought, without a care
Upon a journey set in space
Another time, another place
Above the land, above the sea
There yet to find tranquillity
In magic worlds your mind to dwell
`Pon fantasies and dreams that tell
Of hopes, unmet, behind closed doors
And visions seen on distant shores
With pictures painted in the sky
Upon the wings of doves to fly
Illusions grand and heaven sent
Enchanting and magnificent
(Phantoms dance in shadowed places
Bright with luminescent faces
Floating through the mind, encaptured,
There with images enraptured)
Be still, O world, sleep well, sleep sound
May all your dreams with peace abound
Then waken softly with the dawn
To greet again a bright new morn`
Classic- a poem for the ages.Your use of contracted words gives a perfect balance to your poems. Blissful, wishful-dream on
Your words paint pictures that are well-suited for an artist's canvas. An excellent write Valerie. I do so enjoy most everything you write. Bravo! ! ! , EDWINA REIZER
A stunning poem Val, just beautiful, a wonderful write. it brings so much pleasure to read.
Exquisitely soothing and mellow, the lines create a placid mood perfectly.
An affirmation of grace in slumber a blessing to the unencumbered. Lovely.
So peaceful. Has such a calming effect. Allows one to rest securely. A perfect write.
A poem written on a grand scale. Magnificent! Simply magnificent!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I don't have words to describe the beauty of this poem...... making me spell bound ! ! !