SILENT VOICES.III.CLOSING FLOWERS.
When the sun, in red and gold,Down the West was creeping;When the bird beneath its wingTucked its head for sleeping,Silently the silken doorsOf the flowers were closing;Poppies each, with drooping head,Slowly fell a-dozing.With my heart, I heard them say,"Good-night till the morrow:Here's good-night to all the worldTill the happy morrow."
When the sun, in red and gold,Down the West was creeping;When the bird beneath its wingTucked its head for sleeping,Silently the silken doorsOf the flowers were closing;Poppies each, with drooping head,Slowly fell a-dozing.With my heart, I heard them say,"Good-night till the morrow:Here's good-night to all the worldTill the happy morrow."
When the sun, in red and gold,Down the West was creeping;When the bird beneath its wingTucked its head for sleeping,Silently the silken doorsOf the flowers were closing;Poppies each, with drooping head,Slowly fell a-dozing.With my heart, I heard them say,"Good-night till the morrow:Here's good-night to all the worldTill the happy morrow."
When the sun, in red and gold,
Down the West was creeping;
When the bird beneath its wing
Tucked its head for sleeping,
Silently the silken doors
Of the flowers were closing;
Poppies each, with drooping head,
Slowly fell a-dozing.
With my heart, I heard them say,
"Good-night till the morrow:
Here's good-night to all the world
Till the happy morrow."