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LITTLE ONE WEARY by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: CRYING, MY LITTLE ONE, FOOTSORE AND WEARY
Last Line: DREAMING OF PRETTY THINGS, DREAMING OF PLEASURE.
Subject(s): BABIES; INFANTS;

Crying, my little one, footsore and weary?
Fall asleep, pretty one, warm on my shoulder;
I must tramp on through the winter night dreary,
While the snow falls on me colder and colder.
You are my one, and I have not another;
Sleep soft, my darling, my trouble and treasure;
Sleep warm and soft in the arms of your mother,
Dreaming of pretty things, dreaming of pleasure.



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