Nocturne — Summary

Softly blow lightly O twilight breeze Scarcely bend slightly O silver trees: Night glides slowly down hill ... down stream Bringing a myriad star-twinkling dream.... Softly blow lightly O twilight breeze Scarcely bend slightly O silver trees: Night will spill sleep in your day weary eye While a soft yellow moon steals down the sky.... Softly blow Scarcely bend So ...! Lullaby....

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A voice asks the twilight breeze to blow gently and the silver trees to bend only slightly. It is as if the whole scene should stay hushed while night glides down hills and streams, bringing a sky full of starry dreams. The speaker feels tender and protective, wanting evening to arrive without disturbance. Night is not frightening here; it is welcomed as something kind that will spill sleep into day-weary eyes while a soft yellow moon steals down the sky.

The repeated, whispered requests and the final “So...! Lullaby....” create a soothing, rhythmic mood, like a parent murmuring a child to sleep. The poem feels intimate and still, full of gentle movement and calm, as though the breeze and trees are being invited to join in a lullaby.

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