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A WELSH LULLABY by JOHN CEIRIOG HUGHES

Poet Analysis

First Line: SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP
Last Line: SLEEPING, AH, SLEEPING.

Sleep, sleep, sleep!
All nature now is steeping
Her sons in sleep,--their eyelids close,
All living things in sweet repose
Are sleeping, sleeping.

Sleep, baby, sleep!
Peace o'er thee watch be keeping,
If from my bosom thou art torn,
Low in the grave I'll lie forlorn,
Sleeping, ah, sleeping.



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