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As none but mothers feel, she felt!———In trembling silence down she knelt,And prayed to Heaven for pity;Then from her breast the gauze removed,And softly sang the tune He loved,Some lullabying ditty.
He knew the song, which oft to restHad charmed his eyes; He knew the breast,Which food so oft had brought him;And still she sang. . . .and still she wept. . . .And near. . . .and nearer. . . .crept. . . .and crept. . . .Till to her heart she caught him.
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