Living

Our little baby fell asleep

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Sing-Song (1872/1893)

Living

Our little baby fell asleep,
And may not wake again
For days and days, and weeks and weeks
But then he’ll wake again,
And come with his own pretty look,
And kiss Mamma again.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “Our little baby fell asleep.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/4/.

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Rossetti, Christina. “Our little baby fell asleep.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/4/.

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