An endless stretch of blue
Flecked with wee silver lights,
A luminous, laughing ball
Brightening the inky nights.
Little brown babies tucked
Away in fleecy beds
While fleeting, fairy dreams
Dance through their drowsy heads.
Credit
From Black Opals 1, no. 2 (Christmas 1927). This poem is in the public domain.
Author
Gertrude P. McBrown
Gertrude Parthenia McBrown was a writer, educator, and performer born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1898. She attended Curry School of Expression in Boston before attending Emerson College of Oratory, also in Boston, from October 5, 1918, through May 1922, where she was a member of the children’s theater and the debating team. She continued her education at Boston University, where she received an MEd in 1926.
Date Published
01/01/1927