Jean that was lovely Hope you have a very happy Christmas and thank you for the wonderful poems and prose Gilly Gill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: [IRELAND] "The Angel's Whisper" -- Samuel LOVER (1797-1868) > In Ireland, when a child smiles in its sleep, it is said to be "talking > with > angels." > > THE ANGEL'S WHISPER > > A baby was sleeping, > Its mother was weeping, > For her husband was far on the wild raging sea; > And the tempest was swelling > Round the fisherman's dwelling, > And she cried, "Dermot, darling, oh! come back to me." > > Her beads while she number'd, > The baby still slumber'd, > And smiled in her face as she bended her knee; > "Oh blest be that warning, > My child's sleep adorning, > For I know that the angels are whispering with thee. > > "And while they are keeping > Bright watch o'er thy sleeping, > Oh, pray to them softly, my baby, with me > And say thou wouldst rather > They'd watch o'er thy father! > For I know that the angels are whispering with thee." > > The dawn of the morning > Saw Dermot returning, > And the wife wept with joy her babe's father to see; > And closely caressing > Her child, with a blessing, > Said, "I knew that the angels were whispering with thee." > > -- Samuel Lover (1797-1868) > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > >