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FAIRY NURSES
When Baby wants to go to sleep
The Fairies flock beside his bed;
Along the eiderdown they creep
Toward the treasure of his head.
The Fairies flock beside his bed;
Along the eiderdown they creep
Toward the treasure of his head.
With hands as soft as robin's wing
They stroke his hair the sleepy way,
And silverly in chorus sing
The song that breaks the heart of day.
They stroke his hair the sleepy way,
And silverly in chorus sing
The song that breaks the heart of day.
His little ears are guarded well,
That human noises shall not break
The silence in the magic cell
So sweetly spread for slumber's sake.
That human noises shall not break
The silence in the magic cell
So sweetly spread for slumber's sake.
If suddenly the Baby sighs,
Or clutches at his lily gown,
Two Fairies sit upon his eyes
To keep the lovely eyelids down.
Or clutches at his lily gown,
Two Fairies sit upon his eyes
To keep the lovely eyelids down.
But when at length the Babe is deep
In rest shall last till glint of morn,
The Fairies scamper home to reap
Their many fields of fairy corn.
In rest shall last till glint of morn,
The Fairies scamper home to reap
Their many fields of fairy corn.
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