Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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THE HAPPY LITTLE SLEEPER. |
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THE HAPPY LITTLE SLEEPER.
When Herbert on the pillow lays
His little careless head,
How soon sweet sleep steals o'er his eyes!
How soon his night is fled!
While poor Mama for many an hour
Awake and restless lies;
In vain she shuts her eyelids close,
For cruel sleep still flies.
His little careless head,
How soon sweet sleep steals o'er his eyes!
How soon his night is fled!
While poor Mama for many an hour
Awake and restless lies;
In vain she shuts her eyelids close,
For cruel sleep still flies.
O then, at midnight's silent hour,
What can her thoughts employ;
She thinks of him she loves so well—
Her little joyous boy:
She prays, that he, for many a year,
Thus cozy in his nest,
May sweetly sleep, and cheerful wake,
With health and spirits blest.
What can her thoughts employ;
She thinks of him she loves so well—
Her little joyous boy:
She prays, that he, for many a year,
Thus cozy in his nest,
May sweetly sleep, and cheerful wake,
With health and spirits blest.
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