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THE VIRGIN'S CRADLE-HYMN; COPIED FROM A PRINT OF THE VIRGIN by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "SLEEP, SWEET BABE! MY CARES BEGUILING"
Last Line: "COME, SOFT SLUMBER, BALMILY"
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST - CHILDHOOD & YOUTH;MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS;WOMEN - BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;
Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!
If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
Come, soft slumber, balmily!



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