| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1036. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod |
| | | By Eugene Field |
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| WYNKEN, Blynken, and Nod one night | |
| Sailed off in a wooden shoe,— | |
| Sailed on a river of crystal light | |
| Into a sea of dew. | |
| “Where are you going, and what do you wish?” | 5 |
| The old moon asked the three. | |
| “We have come to fish for the herring-fish | |
| That live in this beautiful sea; | |
| Nets of silver and gold have we,” | |
| Said Wynken, | 10 |
| Blynken, | |
| And Nod. | |
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| The old moon laughed and sang a song, | |
| As they rocked in the wooden shoe; | |
| And the wind that sped them all night long | 15 |
| Ruffled the waves of dew; | |
| The little stars were the herring-fish | |
| That lived in the beautiful sea. | |
| “Now cast your nets wherever you wish, | |
| Never afeard are we!” | 20 |
| So cried the stars to the fishermen three, | |
| Wynken, | |
| Blynken, | |
| And Nod. | |
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| All night long their nets they threw | 25 |
| To the stars in the twinkling foam,— | |
| Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe, | |
| Bringing the fishermen home: | |
| ’T was all so pretty a sail, it seemed | |
| As if it could not be; | 30 |
| And some folk thought ’twas a dream they ’d dreamed | |
| Of sailing that beautiful sea; | |
| But I shall name you the fishermen three: | |
| Wynken, | |
| Blynken, | 35 |
| And Nod. | |
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| Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, | |
| And Nod is a little head, | |
| And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies | |
| Is a wee one’s trundle-bed; | 40 |
| So shut your eyes while Mother sings | |
| Of wonderful sights that be, | |
| And you shall see the beautiful things | |
| As you rock on the misty sea | |
| Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three,— | 45 |
| Wynken, | |
| Blynken, | |
| And Nod. | |
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