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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREEK FOLK LULLABY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Santa maria! Cover the child Last Line: "and she be sick, and her milk be sour" | |||
Santa Maria! cover the child, Santa Sophia! sing him asleep! Walk him about if the day is mild, And give him at Nature's face a peep. Let him see how the trees are in bloom, And hear how nightingales trill their lay; Then bring him back to his father's room. Or else we shall have the devil to pay. For soon his mother would rush in tears; The carelessness of a single hour Become the seed of wretched years, And she be sick, and her milk be sour. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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