Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
My last visit before the festive time.
. When I recently found this beautiful pagan song it spoke volumes to me, I couldn't find any link to the music or chords, so I did my own interpretation.
. It reflects the terrible harm human beings are doing to this fragile earth. In the song, Gaia, the mother earth spirit sings to the child she bears anew each midwinter. This "child of earth" is the spark of life that will wake nature from its barren winter sleep. Gaia grieves that the "dark world" of human civilization no longer remembers how to cherish her gift of life.
I have added the lyrics to the song below, well worth a read for those who care about this world, and realise there is little time left to change and heal our precious planet.
I wish you all a blessed festive time, rich in peace and happiness and good health for 2022. Thank you for your support this year..Take care, Ali x
Original art. The Guardian Of The Forest- Ali Hammond
in the bleak heart of winter when the icy wind made moan
And the world lay a-dying beneath a sky of stone
The Mother bore her Child as midnight drew nigh
And she sang to her baby a soft lullaby
She sang though the green wood lay butchered and waste
Thought her meadows and groves were all gone without trace
She sang though the sea lay plundered and bare
Though her heart was so heavy with longing and care
Lullay my dear one, my tiny child of earth
How fragile, how lovely this moment of thy birth
Are there none to praise your coming, to guard your tender light?
None to shelter your garden from ravage and blight?
So the Mother sang softly as the midnight hour passed by
And she grieved for the dark world that knew not how to thrive
That knew not how to love this gift she freely gave
Or to tend its frail blooming in field and wood and wave
Lullay my dear one, my little flame of earth
\Who will watch o'er your growing, and cherish your worth?
Lullay my darling, my little child of Time,
So precious, so fleeting, this blossom of mine
My last visit before the festive time.
. When I recently found this beautiful pagan song it spoke volumes to me, I couldn't find any link to the music or chords, so I did my own interpretation.
. It reflects the terrible harm human beings are doing to this fragile earth. In the song, Gaia, the mother earth spirit sings to the child she bears anew each midwinter. This "child of earth" is the spark of life that will wake nature from its barren winter sleep. Gaia grieves that the "dark world" of human civilization no longer remembers how to cherish her gift of life.
I have added the lyrics to the song below, well worth a read for those who care about this world, and realise there is little time left to change and heal our precious planet.
I wish you all a blessed festive time, rich in peace and happiness and good health for 2022. Thank you for your support this year..Take care, Ali x
Original art. The Guardian Of The Forest- Ali Hammond
in the bleak heart of winter when the icy wind made moan
And the world lay a-dying beneath a sky of stone
The Mother bore her Child as midnight drew nigh
And she sang to her baby a soft lullaby
She sang though the green wood lay butchered and waste
Thought her meadows and groves were all gone without trace
She sang though the sea lay plundered and bare
Though her heart was so heavy with longing and care
Lullay my dear one, my tiny child of earth
How fragile, how lovely this moment of thy birth
Are there none to praise your coming, to guard your tender light?
None to shelter your garden from ravage and blight?
So the Mother sang softly as the midnight hour passed by
And she grieved for the dark world that knew not how to thrive
That knew not how to love this gift she freely gave
Or to tend its frail blooming in field and wood and wave
Lullay my dear one, my little flame of earth
\Who will watch o'er your growing, and cherish your worth?
Lullay my darling, my little child of Time,
So precious, so fleeting, this blossom of mine
