Baby sweet

Baby, baby sweet,
Love's own lips are meet
Scarce to kiss your feet.

Hardly love's own ear,
When your laugh crows clear,
Quite deserves to hear.

Hardly love's own wile,
Though it please awhile,
Quite deserves your smile.

Baby full of grace,
Bless us yet a space:
Sleep will come apace.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) , no title, from A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems, in Cradle songs, no. 3, published 1884

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by John Michael Diack (1869-1946) , "Baby sweet", published 1939. [SA chorus or unison voices and piano]

Date added to the website: 2009-01-27.

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