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THE LIFE OF A DAT, Oj S soon as the sun awakes rtr By curtains of blue and gold, Or oft as the lark pours out The song that never grows old, Ope two little eyes. Then prattles a tiny tongue Some lullaby low and sweet, And under the pillow-folds, Half-hidden by quilt or sheet, Peep two little hands. Then a raid o'er a rumpled bed Is made to the matted floor. Soon scaled Is the easy chair. And close by the chamber door List two little eats. Then soon in a dainty frock Is the rosy darling drest, And a gentle woman smiles, As close to her spotless breast Cling two little arms. Then by heaps of baby toys, The bat and the bounding ball, With a noisy drum and fife, That to mimic battle call, March two little feet. And then in the calm of eve Are steps on the winding stair, Sweet kisses of love die out, And soon to a mother's prayer Close two little eyes.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 398, 30 July 1866, Page 2
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172Select Poetry. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 398, 30 July 1866, Page 2
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