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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAROL, by JOHN BRACKLEY First Line: I saw a sweet and seemly sight Last Line: "my bairn, sleep softly now." | |||
I saw a sweet and seemly sight, A blissful maid, blossom bright, That moaning made and mirth of mange, A maiden mother, meek and mild, In cradle keep a knave child That softly slept; she sat and sang, "Lullay, lullow, lully, lullay, lully, lully, lully, lully, lully, Lullow, lully, lullay, baw, baw, My Bairn, sleep softly now." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 13 by OMAR KHAYYAM PSALM OF THOSE WHO GO FORTH BEFORE DAYLIGHT by CARL SANDBURG AN EVENING LULL by WALT WHITMAN PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 53. ALLAH-AL-WAKIL by EDWIN ARNOLD DEBORAH LEE by WILLIAM HENRY BURLEIGH TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. THROUGH THE LONG NIGHT by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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