by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)
Baby, baby sweet
Language: English
Baby, baby sweet, Love's own lips are meet Scarce to kiss your feet. Hardly love's own ear, When your laugh crows clear, Quite deserves to hear. Hardly love's own wile, Though it please awhile, Quite deserves your smile. Baby full of grace, Bless us yet a space: Sleep will come apace.
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Text Authorship:
- by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909), no title, appears in A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems, in Cradle songs, no. 3, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Michael Diack (1869 - 1946), "Baby sweet", published 1939. [SA chorus or unison chorus and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-27
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Word count: 51