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CRADLE SONG by FLORENCE EARLE COATES

First Line: THY HEART AND MINE ARE ONE, MY DEAR
Last Line: FOR THOU AND I ARE ONE!

Thy heart and mine are one, my dear,
At dawn and set of sun;
When skies are bright, when days are drear,
Thy heart and mine are one!

About us move the hapless folk
Whom paltry things estrange;
The friends that feel their bond a yoke,
The loves that lightly change;

But thou and I, my bonny child,
Their dangers blithely shun,
Nor can by folly be beguiled,--
For thou and I are one!



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