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StoryTitle("caps", "The Rock-a-By Lady") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "The Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby Street ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Comes stealing; comes creeping;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The poppies they hang from her head to her feet, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And each hath a dream—that is tiny and fleet—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She bringeth her poppies to you, my sweet,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "When she findeth you sleeping! ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "There is one little dream of a beautiful drum—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Rub-a-dub!\" it goeth;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There is one little dream of a big sugarplum, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And lo! thick and fast the other dreams come ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Of popguns that bang, and tin tops that hum, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And a trumpet that bloweth!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And dollies peep out of those wee little dreams ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "With laughter and singing;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And boats go a-floating on silvery streams,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the stars peek-a-boo with their own misty gleams, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And up, up, and up, where the Mother Moon beams, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The fairies go winging!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Would you dream all these dreams that are tiny and fleet?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "They'll come to you sleeping;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So shut the two eyes that are weary, my sweet, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For the Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby Street, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "With poppies that hang from her head to her feet, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Comes stealing; comes creeping.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Eugene Field.")) ?>
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