Neihardt, John G. . The Stranger at the Gate
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XI
LULLABY



SUN-FLOOD, moon-gleam
Ebb and flow;
Twinkle-footed star flocks
Come and go:
Eager little Stranger,
Sleep and grow!


Yearning in the moon-lift
Surge the seas;
Southering, the sun-lured
Gray goose flees:
Eager with the same urge,
You and these!


Canopied in splendor --
Red, gold, blue --
With the tender Autumn
Cooing through;
Oh, the mighty cradle
Rocking you!





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