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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BALLAD OF BABY BUNTING, by HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH Poet's Biography
First Line: The knight is away in the merry greenwood
Last Line: "shall be thine for a tippet, my dear."
First Line: The knight is away in the merry greenwood
Last Line: "shall be thine for a tippet, my dear."
The Knight is away in the merry greenwood,
Where he hunts the wild rabbit and roe:
He is fleet in the chase as the late Robin Hood--
He is fleeter in quest of the foe.
The nurse is at home in the castle, and sings
To the babe that she rocks at her breast:
She is crooning of love and of manifold things,
And is bidding the little one rest.
"Oh slumber, my darling! Oh slumber space!
For thy father will shortly be here;
And the skin of some rabbit that falls in the chase
Shall be thine for a tippet, my dear."
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