What {{noun, 2 syllables}} above,
{{verb, 2 syllables}} earnestly this night?
What {{noun, 2 syllables}} below,
{{verb, 2 syllables}}, in morning languish?
In darkness, {{noun, 2 syllables}}
{{verb, 2 syllables}} the demons at bay
In light, more {{noun, 2 syllables}}
{{verb, 2 syllables}} the angels away
When swayed, the {{noun, 2 syllables}}
{{verb, 2 syllables}} to the children's plight
Whence laid the {{noun, 2 syllables}}
now cannot {{verb, 2 syllables}} nor see
{{verb, 2 syllables}} to dust, the adults wish.