1990
Lullaby
Composed by 
John Musto
John Musto Text by 
Léonie Adams
Léonie Adams Quiet Songs Song Collection
"Lullaby" is the sixth and final song of John Musto's song cycle Quiet Songs. The song cycle is published by Peermusic as part of Musto's Collected Songs.
Text
Lullaby
by Léonie Adams
Hush, lullay.
Your treasures all
Encrust with rust,
Your trinket pleasures fall
To dust.
Beneath the sapphire arch,
Upon the grassy floor,
Is nothing more
To hold,
And play is over-old.
Your eyes
In sleepy fever gleam,
Their lids droop
To their dream.
You wander late alone,
The flesh frets on the bone,
Your love fails in your breast,
Here is the pillow.
Rest.
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