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First Line: Awake, he loved their voices
Last Line: Was the sweetest for him to hear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Children; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); Love; Childhood


AWAKE, he loved their voices,
And wove them into his rhyme;
And the music of their laughter
Was with him all the time.

Though he knew the tongues of nations,
And their meanings all were dear,
The prattle and lisp of a little child
Was the sweetest for him to hear.





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