Destroyers and Other Verses/Sleep, My Darling, Naught Can Harm Thee

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Sleep, My Darling, Naught Can Harm Thee
by Henry Head
Seedtime and Harvest
211956Sleep, My Darling, Naught Can Harm Thee — Seedtime and HarvestHenry Head


Sleep, my darling, naught can harm thee,

May no sudden fear alarm thee,

Let my singing rock thy slumber,

Baby, sleep!


Once within a lowly manger,

Mary hid our Lord from danger:

Soft and silent swings thy cradle,

Baby, sleep!


God shall hold thee in His keeping,

Angel-wings about thee sleeping,

Sleep, my darling, Lord and master,

Baby, sleep!


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