SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP

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FROM THE GERMAN

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Sleep, baby, sleep!

Thy father is watching the sheep!

Thy mother is shaking the dreamland tree,

And down drops a little dream for thee.

Sleep, baby, sleep!

Sleep, baby, sleep!

The great stars are the sheep,
The little stars are the lambs, I guess,
The bright moon is the shepherdess.

Sleep, baby, sleep!

Sleep, baby, sleep!

Thy father is watching the sheep!

Thy mother is shaking the dreamland

tree,

And down drops a little dream for thee.

Sleep, baby, sleep!

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REGINALD HEBER

ENGLAND, 1783-1826

Evening Hymn

God that madest Earth and Heaven,
Darkness and light!

Who the day for toil hast given,
For rest the night!

5 May Thine Angel guards defend us,
Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us,
Holy dreams and hopes attend us,
This livelong night!

VICTOR HUGO

FRANCE, 1802-1885

Good Night!

Good night! Good night!

Far flies the light;

But still God's love

Shall flame above,

Making all bright.

Good night! Good night!

A was an ant

Who seldom stood still,

And who made a nice house

In the side of a hill.

Nice little ant!

B was a bat,

Who slept all the day,

And fluttered about

When the sun went away.

Brown little bat!

C was a camel;

You rode on his hump;

And if you fell off,

You came down such a bump!

What a high camel!

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D was a duck

With spots on his back,.
Who lived in the water,

And always said "Quack!"
Dear little duck!

E was an elephant,
Stately and wise:

He had tusks and a trunk,
And two queer little eyes.
Oh, what funny small eyes!

F was a fish

Who was caught in a net;
But he got out again,
And is quite alive yet.
Lively young fish!

G was a goat

Who was spotted with brown:
When he did not lie still

He walked up and down.

Good little goat!