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Leaves of Grass
1871
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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: Beautiful Women.
Table of Contents (1871)
Next Poem: Thought.

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