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CRADLE SONG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

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First Line: ERE THE MOON BEGINS TO RISE
Last Line: SLEEP, SLEEP, THOU.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
Ere the moon begins to rise
Or a star to shine,
All the bluebells close their eyes--
So close thine,
Thine, dear, thine!

Birds are sleeping in the nest
On the swaying bough,
Thus, against the mother-breast--
So sleep thou,
Sleep, sleep, thou.



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