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THE WORLD OF WONDER

Heart free, hand free,
Blue above, brown under,
All the world to me
Is a place of wonder.
Sunshine, moonshine,
Stars and winds a-blowing,
All into this heart of mine
Flowing, flowing, flowing.

William Stanley Braithwaite.


GAELIC LULLABY

Hush! the waves are rolling in,
White with foam, white with foam;
Father toils amid the din;
But baby sleeps at home.

Hush! the winds roar hoarse and deep,—
On they come, on they come!
Brother seeks the wandering sheep:
But baby sleeps at home.

Hush! the rain sweeps over the knowes,
Where they roam, where they roam;
Sister goes to seek the cows;
But baby sleeps at home.

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