A SLUMBER SONG.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 402, 14 September 1889, Page 3

A SLUMBER SONG.

Baby, you stand by a gate that leads ' c Into a land of dreams ; Theie'sa drowsy watchman here who heeds Ne \ er the straggling gleams Of light that stray from the far-off sunAlways for him. its twinkling begun— And wtsstand by the gate, And watch and wait, And watch— and wait ! Little one, hear what the stream sings of Here in this quiet land ; II sings of the joy of mother loveSings to birds in the &and — To the strange, tall birds, with dreamy eyes, That look at you, dear, in mute surprise. While we stand by the gate, And watch and wait, And watch— and wait ! If you ouon the gate no one w ill know ; The guard will never gucs3. You must open it gently, slowly— so ! No one has heaid, unless Those dreamful birds, or the dreamland sheep. Heard 3 011 stealing through their land of sleep While I stood by the gate, To watdh and wait, And Match— and wait! 0 strange are the birds and the sheep that dwell Here in the land of dreams ! But you must not see, and > ou must not tell, II o vvever strang-e it seems, Or they's never let you in again, And it would not please you, baby, then. Just to stand bv the gate, And watch and wait. And watch — and wait ! Meruditii Nicholson, in the " Indiamipolia Journal."