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COME, THOU SWEET WONDER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: COME, THOU SWEET WONDER, BY WHOSE POWER
Last Line: THAT'S LIKE A THOUSAND BURNING SHIPS.
Come, thou sweet Wonder, by whose power
We more or less enjoy our years;
That mak'st a child forget the breast,
And dri'st at once the children's tears,
Till sleep shall bring their minds more rest.

Come to my heavy rain of care,
And make it weigh like dew; charm me
With Beauty's hair, her eyes or lips;
With mountain dawn, or sunset sea
That's like a thousand burning ships.



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