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Charles Mackay. IG WITHER . 1588-1667 . ] SLEEP , BABY , SLEEP ! SLEEP , baby , sleep ! what ails my dear , What ails my darling thus to cry ? Be still , my child , and lend thine ear , To hear me sing thy lullaby . My pretty lamb ...
Charles Mackay. IG WITHER . 1588-1667 . ] SLEEP , BABY , SLEEP ! SLEEP , baby , sleep ! what ails my dear , What ails my darling thus to cry ? Be still , my child , and lend thine ear , To hear me sing thy lullaby . My pretty lamb ...
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... Sleep the sleep that knows not break- ing ! Dream of battled fields no more , Days of danger , nights of waking . In our isle's enchanted hall , Hands unseen thy couch are strewing , Fairy streams of music fall , Every sense in slumber ...
... Sleep the sleep that knows not break- ing ! Dream of battled fields no more , Days of danger , nights of waking . In our isle's enchanted hall , Hands unseen thy couch are strewing , Fairy streams of music fall , Every sense in slumber ...
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... Sleep , baby , sleep ! what ails my dear Sleep , little baby , sleep ! Slow sinks , more lovely ere his race be run So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity • Soe feeble is the thred that doth the burden stay So forth issued the seasons of ...
... Sleep , baby , sleep ! what ails my dear Sleep , little baby , sleep ! Slow sinks , more lovely ere his race be run So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity • Soe feeble is the thred that doth the burden stay So forth issued the seasons of ...
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