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“The watchful mother tarries nigh Though sleep have closed her infant's eye, For should he wake, and find her gone.” quote by John Keble — Download Open image

“The watchful mother tarries nigh Though sleep have closed her infant's eye, For should he wake, and find her gone.”

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