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by Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

HERE a pretty baby lies
Sung asleep with lullabies:
Pray be silent and not stir
Th' easy earth that covers her.




Quotes of the Day

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
• Martin Luther King Jr.


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