Part 2 — ON A SLEEPING CHILD
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Step softly! step lightly! I would not disturb her!
She’s wrapt all unconscious in innocence’s charms;
Her slumbers are peaceful, her dreams are as gentle
As when she reposed in her fond mother’s arms.
And thus may it last—may no cause for repining
E’er darken the unsullied days of her youth—
May she as age deepens, when backward reviewing,
Find mem’ry well stored with Virtue and Truth.
S. E. T.