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A Nursery Rhyme for Ember

A free, original lullaby written just for the name Ember — ready to read tonight or turn into a keepsake poster.

Ember's Starlit Slumber

Ember small, the moon looks down,

A silver lamp above the town,

The stars peek out like friends so bright,

To kiss your cheek and say goodnight.

A starbeam curls upon your bed,

And paints soft gold upon your head,

The moon hums low its lullaby,

While sparks of light drift through the sky.

The night holds you in arms of deep,

As star by star the world falls asleep,

Little Ember, glow and rest,

Cradled by the sky so blessed.

Written for Ember

A sample anyone can read. A keepsake poster gets a newly written rhyme.

Make it a keepsake Ember will have forever

We write Ember a new rhyme of their own in about a minute, then you pick the background and add a note for a print-ready 8×10 poster — a baby shower or new-baby gift.

Write Ember's Own Rhyme — posters from $14.99

Reading the rhyme is free · see what $14.99 includes

What does the name Ember mean?

Origin — Old English

From the Old English ǣmyrge, a smouldering coal left when the flame has gone.

We follow the standard reference works on given names, and we say so plainly when a meaning is unsettled rather than choosing the prettiest one.

A rhyme written around Ember

Every BabyVerse verse is built around one name and its sound, so Ember hears their own name carried through the meter rather than dropped into a blank. That is the whole difference between a keepsake and a personalised product: the words could not be reused for another child.

Parents read it at bedtime. Grandparents and godparents frame it. Either way it is the one gift on the table that no one else can duplicate — which is why it tends to outlast everything else in the pile.

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