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Leaves of Grass
1867
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Mother and Babe

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MOTHER AND BABE.

I SEE the sleeping babe, nestling the breast of its
mother; The sleeping mother and babe—hush'd, I study them
long and long.

Previous Poem: City of Ships
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Next Poem: Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night

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