Never and never, my girl riding far and nearIn the land of the hearthstone tales, and spelled asleep,Fear or believe that the wolf in a sheepwhite hoodLoping and bleating roughly and blithely shall leap,My dear, my dear,Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped yearTo eat your heart in the house in the rosy wood.Sleep, good, for ever, slow and deep, spelled rare and wise,My girl ranging the night in the rose and shireOf the hobnail tales: no gooseherd or swine will turnInto a homestall king or hamlet of fireAnd prince of iceTo court the honeyed heart from your side before sunriseIn a spinney of ringed boys and ganders, spike and burn,HereMP3: Lovin Spoonful - Darling, Be Home Soon
Fern Hill
Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughsAbout the lilting house and happy as the grass was green,The night above the dingle starry,Time let me hail and climbGolden in the heydays of his eyes,And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple townsAnd once below a time I lordly had the trees and leavesTrail with daisies and barleyDown the rivers of the windfall light.And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barnsAbout the happy yard and singing as the farm was home,In the sun that is young once only,Time let me play and beGolden in the mercy of his means,And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calvesSang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold,And the sabbath rang slowlyIn the pebbles of the holy streams.Here for the rest of "Fern Hill" by Dylan ThomasHere for "Summer Abroad" by the stunning Edward Bostitch.