This is a setting of the poem by Longfellow called Nature for Contralto and Piano, in which the poet likens a child being reluctantly led to bed by its mother, though leaving the toys behind, to a man's life which is ebbing away as he goes to his final rest, just like the child goes to sleep, without question. All proceeds from any sales of this music will go to Angels Charity for Autism Support in Hertfordshire U.K. Many thanks.