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Cradle-song at Twilight
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The child not yet is lulled to rest.
Too young a nurse, the slender Night
So laxly holds him to her breast
That throbs with flight.
He plays with her and will not sleep.
For other playfellows she sighs;
An unmaternal fondness keep
Her alien eyes.
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MLA
Meynell, Alice. “Cradle-song at Twilight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meynell/7/.
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Meynell, Alice. “Cradle-song at Twilight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meynell/7/.
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