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"SLEEP, BABY DEAR" by ANONYMOUS

First Line: ALL IS STILL AND RESTFUL NOW
Last Line: THOUGH THE SPRING IS ALL ABOUT?

All is still and restful now,
So, my darling, slumber thou!
Only sighs the wind anear,
Lullaby, sleep, baby dear.

Softly close each azure eye,
Like twin Maybuds let them lie;
And when morning shines anew,
They, like flowers, shall open, too.

Thus while flowers like thee I greet,
Softly kissing eyelids sweet,
Why need mother look without,
Though the spring is all about?



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