| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| My Little Dear |
| | | Dollie Radford (b. 1858) |
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| MY little dear, so fast asleep, | |
| Whose arms about me cling, | |
| What kisses shall she have to keep, | |
| While she is slumbering? | |
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| Upon her golden baby-hair, | 5 |
| The golden dreams I ’ll kiss | |
| Which Life spread through my morning fair, | |
| And I have saved, for this. | |
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| Upon her baby eyes I ’ll press | |
| The kiss Love gave to me, | 10 |
| When his great joy and loveliness | |
| Made all things fair to see. | |
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| And on her lips, with smiles astir, | |
| Ah me, what prayer of old | |
| May now be kissed to comfort her, | 15 |
| Should Love or Life grow cold. | |
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