The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Upon a Child

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The Hesperides & Noble Numbers (1898)
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640. UPON A CHILD.

Here a pretty baby lies
Sung asleep with lullabies;
Pray be silent, and not stir
Th' easy earth that covers her.

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