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BABE HERRICK by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS A ROSEBUD MIGHT, IN DREAMS
Last Line: OF THY MOTHER SLUMBEREST.
Subject(s): DREAMS; FLOWERS; LILIES; ROSES; NIGHTMARES;
AS a rosebud might, in dreams,
'Mid some lilies lie, meseems
Thou, pink youngling, on the breast
Of thy mother slumberest.



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