Over fast--closed baby eyes br In the garden's golden air br Blossom--white the butterflies br Hover, hurry, part and pair, br Sudden shinings, flown nowhere! br Blue, above, the unbounded skies! br br Little one, O downy head, br O fingers clasping, shaped and small, br Laid in soft nest of your bed, br How the trees are Titan--tall br Over you that slumber, all br Ignorant of hope and dread! br br O so small, and all around br Life so vast works wonders new. br Yet to you is set no bound br What you shall desire and do, br Find and fashion and hold true; br Deeps you hold no thought can sound: br br You are sought by powers unknown; br On your trembling heart--strings play br Airs unheard, O little one! br Whisperings of far away, br Music made of day and day-- br Lands of promise, all your own! br br Wide as heaven the secrecies br You enfold: ev'n now, ev'n here, br You presage infinities, br While above in hope, in fear, br My white wishes, far and near, br Hover like the butterflies.