Rock Me to Sleep

"Backward, flow backward, O tide of years
I am weary of toils and tears
Toil without recompense, tears all in vain
Take them and give me my childhood again
I have grown weary of dust and decay
Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away
Weary of sowing for others to reap
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep…" - Elizabeth Akers Allen