To keep the coming shadows out,

And close the happy door at last

On all the perils that we passed.

Then, when mamma goes by to bed,

She shall come in with tip-toe tread,

And see me lying warm and fast

And in the land of Nod at last.

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THE CHILD ALONE

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THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE

When children are playing alone on the green,

When

In comes the playmate that never was seen.

When children are happy and lonely and good,

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