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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LULLABY, by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA Poet's Biography First Line: Baby, baby, hush-a-bye Last Line: Let your mother rest now. Subject(s): Mothers; Babies; Sleep; Infants | |||
Baby, baby, hush-a-bye, Must you be awake now? Sweet my lamb, come, close your eye, Sleep for mother's sake now. All the babies in the world Lie aslee but you now: Nigger-babies, brown and curled, In the sand dream too now. Baby mice are safe from harm In their downy holes now: Baby squirrels lie all warm In the hollow boles now. Baby buds are fast asleep Rocking on the trees now: Baby fishes, far and deep, Slumber in the seas now. All the baby stars above Dream in cloudy bed now: Mother moon, for all her love, Sleeping hides her head now. Baby, baby, hush-a-bye, Cradled on my breast now, Sweet my lamb, come, close your eye, Let your mother rest now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET TO HIS BABY SON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BABYHOOD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN INFANCY by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG BALLAD OF THE LAYETTE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A TOAST FOR LITTLE IRON MIKE by PAUL MARIANI THE PAMPERING OF LEORA by THYLIAS MOSS ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS IN THE THRIVING SEASON by LISEL MUELLER A BLESSING FOR THE BLESSED by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA |
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