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A BIRD'S CRADLE-SONG by EVELYN M. WORTHLEY

First Line: WEARY, WEARY LOVES!
Last Line: TO THE TINKLE, TINKLE, TINKLE OF THE RIVULET BELOW.
Subject(s): BIRDS;

WEARY, weary loves!
Day is o'er and past;
Every drooping lily bell
Chimes good-night at last.
Softly! nursing winds
Swing them to and fro
With the tinkle, tinkle, tinkle of the rivulet below.

Even the willow leaves
Brooding silence keep;
All the great, good world is hushed --
Hushed that you may sleep!
But in heaven two wee, wee stars
Dance and whirl and glow
To the tinkle, tinkle, tinkle of the rivulet below.



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