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CRADLE SONG (TO A TUNE OF BLAKE'S): 6 by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BABY, BABY KIND
Last Line: LET IT WORSHIP YOU.
Subject(s): BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827);

Baby, baby kind,
Though no word we find
Bear us yet in mind.

Half a little hour,
Baby bright in bower,
Keep this thought aflower --

Love it is, I see,
Here with heart and knee
Bows and worships me.

what can baby do,
Then, for love so true? --
Let it worship you.



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