By Eugene Field
Sweet little fairy, Tender and airy, Come, let us dance on the good baby-eyes; Merrily skipping, Cheerily tripping, Murmur we ever our soft lullabies.
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"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"
Eugene Field (1850–1895) was an American writer and poet known as the "children's poet." His poems "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "Little Boy Blue" are cherished classics of American children's literature.
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