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CRADLE SONG (TO A TUNE OF BLAKE'S): 2 by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BABY, BABY DEAR
Last Line: EARTH AND HEAVEN ARE ONE.
Subject(s): BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827);
To a tune of Blake's

Baby, baby dear,
Earth and heaven are near
Now, for heaven is here.

Heaven is every place
Where your flower-sweet face
Fills our eyes with grace.

Till your own eyes deign
Earth a glance again,
Earth and heaven are twain.

Now your sleep is done,
Shine, and show the sun
Earth and heaven are one.



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