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by Unknown

She nears the chamber where is heard

Her infant’s trembling call.

She smoothed the pillow where he lay,

She warmly tucked the bed,

She wiped his tears, and stroked the curls

That clustered round his head.

The child, caressed, unknowing fear,

Hath nestled him to rest;

The mother folds her wings beside—

The mother from the blest!