SISTER Simplicitie, br Sing, sing a song to me, br Sing me to sleep. br Some legend low and long, br Slow as the summer song br Of the dull Deep. br br Some legend long and low, br Whose equal ebb and flow br To and fro creep br On the dim marge of gray br ’Tween the soul’s night and day, br Washing “awake” away br Into “asleep.” br br Some legend low and long, br Never so weak or strong br As to let go br While it can hold this heart br Withouten sigh or smart, br Or as to hold this heart br When it sighs “No.” br br Some long low swaying song, br As the sway’d shadow long br Sways to and fro br Where, thro’ the crowing cocks, br And by the swinging clocks, br Some weary mother rocks br Some weary woe. br br Sing up and down to me br Like a dream-boat at sea, br So, and still so, br Float through the “then” and “when,” br Rising from when to then, br Sinking from then to when br While the waves go. br br Low and high, high and low, br Now and then, then and now, br Mow, now; br And when the now is then, and when the then is now, br And when the low is high, and when the high is low, br Low, low; br Let me float, let the boat br Go, go; br Let me glide, let me slide br Slow, slow; br Gliding boat, sliding boat, br Slow, slow; br Glide away, slide away br So, so.