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LINES FROM A NOTEBOOK - JANUARY 1808 by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SINGING KETTLE & THE PURRING CAT
Last Line: AND TENDER SMILE ANSW'RING ITS SMILE OF SLEEP.

The singing Kettle & the purring Cat,
The gentle Breathing of the cradled Babe,
The silence of the Mother's love-bright Eye,
And tender Smile answ'ring its smile of Sleep.



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