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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PUTTING DOLLY TO BED, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: A mother has so many cares
Last Line: And rock our babes to sleep.
Subject(s): Babies; Children; Dolls; Mothers; Toys; Infants; Childhood
First Line: A mother has so many cares
Last Line: And rock our babes to sleep.
Subject(s): Babies; Children; Dolls; Mothers; Toys; Infants; Childhood
A mother has so many cares
There's little time to play.
She's combing out the snarly hairs,
Or darning holes or mending tears,
Or kissing hurts or soothing scares
All through the live-long day.
But I and mother often say,
Though tiring duties heap
Upon our shoulders as they may,
The nicest duty of the day
Is when we've put the toys away
And rock our babes to sleep.
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