Pretty Moon, do you remember
What was Eve’s first lullaby,
When she swung the little hammock
As the bird-songs floated by,
And you smiled down from the sky?
Lovely Moon, do you remember
What was Noah’s anthem sweet
That they sang upon the Deluge
When the storms had ceased to beat,
And the stars looked down to greet?
Lovely Moon, do you remember
That sweet song the angels sung
When the shepherds of Judea
Sang a song for every tongue,
And through heaven and earth it rung?
Lovely Moon, you’ve seen these glories:
Through the ages thy calm smile
Silent keeps the wondrous stories
Hidden from our eyes awhile,
As we walk this starry isle.
And your lamp is ever burning,
Though the clouds it from us hide;
Your fair face is always shining,
Ever since Eve was a bride
And the earth one homestead wide.
Lovely Moon, the baby loves you:
Light with silver floods the mist,
Light the clouds that try to hide you,
Sea and plain and mountain crest;
All things smile that thou dost kiss.