Crocus

sung version                                                                                                     Grey and raining here this afternoon. A patch of Crocus in a nearby raised bed helpfully provided this.

Here's more Kipling : the lovely Seal Lullaby. Enjoy . For those who may enjoy a children's choir sung version, see link above.  

Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, o’er the combers, looks downward to find us
At rest in the hollows that rustle between.
Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow,
Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas!