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<h2> Slumber Songs </h2>
<p>I<br/>
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Sleep, little eyes<br/>
That brim with childish tears amid thy play,<br/>
Be comforted! No grief of night can weigh<br/>
Against the joys that throng thy coming day.<br/>
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Sleep, little heart!<br/>
There is no place in Slumberland for tears:<br/>
Life soon enough will bring its chilling fears<br/>
And sorrows that will dim the after years.<br/>
Sleep, little heart!<br/></p>
<p>II<br/>
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Ah, little eyes<br/>
Dead blossoms of a springtime long ago,<br/>
That life's storm crushed and left to lie below<br/>
The benediction of the falling snow!<br/>
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Sleep, little heart<br/>
That ceased so long ago its frantic beat!<br/>
The years that come and go with silent feet<br/>
Have naught to tell save this — that rest is sweet.<br/>
Dear little heart.<br/></p>
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