A Stormy Night - Poem

 

When I have crept into my bed

 On a wild and windy night

When dad has warmly tucked me in

And turned out every light

 

I lie and listen to the wind

As it blows in gusts and squalls

And rattles all the window frames

And shakes the very walls

 

I hear the dreary drops of rain

A-drumming on the glass

And drowning all the noises

The vehicle that pass

 

I think of helpless birds and beasts

Exposed to wind and rain

Of little shivering homeless things

That seek for warmth in vain

 

And thoughts of sailors

Longing for dawn to break

Disturb my mind and move my heart

And keep me wide awake

 

But when I have breathed a prayer and said

 “ Dear father, please to keep

Thy little children from all harm”

 I then can go to sleep.