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Album The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Child Asleep by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Sweet babe! true portrait of thy father's face,
&nbsp Sleep on the bosom that thy lips have pressed!
Sleep, little one; and closely, gently place
&nbsp Thy drowsy eyelid on thy mother's breast.
Upon that tender eye, my little friend,
&nbsp Soft sleep shall come, that cometh not to me!
I watch to see thee, nourish thee, defend;
&nbsp 'T is sweet to watch for thee, alone for thee!
His arms fall down; sleep sits upon his brow;
&nbsp His eye is closed; he sleeps, nor dreams of harm.
Wore not his cheek the apple's ruddy glow,
&nbsp Would you not say he slept on Death's cold arm?

Awake, my boy! I tremble with affright!
&nbsp Awake, and chase this fatal thought! Unclose
Thine eye but for one moment on the light!
&nbsp Even at the price of thine, give me repose!
Sweet error! he but slept, I breathe again;
&nbsp Come, gentle dreams, the hour of sleep beguile!
O, when shall he, for whom I sigh in vain,
&nbsp Beside me watch to see thy waking smile?

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