A Cradle Song
A Cradle Song - meaning Summary
Comforting Lullaby, Shadowed Loss
Yeats presents a tender lullaby in which a speaker soothes an infant by invoking angels and divine cheer. The poem balances comforting images of celestial guardians and Heaven’s mirth with an underlying personal sorrow. The final stanza turns inward: the caregiver kisses the child but admits a quiet ache at the thought of inevitable separation when the child grows. The tone mixes consolation with anticipatory loss.
Read Complete AnalysesThe angels are stooping Above your bed; They weary of trooping With the whimpering dead. God's laughing in Heaven To see you so good; The Sailing Seven Are gay with His mood. I sigh that kiss you, For I must own That I shall miss you When you have grown.
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