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...and blossom, And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover'd warm; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. . . . And there the lion's ruddy eyes Shall flow widi tears of gold, And pitying the tender cries,...

...bud and blossom, And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are coverd warm; They visit caves of every beast. To keep them...pour sleep on their head And sit down by their bed. Yet, as the poem proceeds, there is an increasingly direct confrontation of that 'harm' which in others...

...blossom, And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover'd varm; They visit caves of every beast. To keep them all...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tygers howl for prey, They pitying stand and weep; Seeking to drive their thirst away,...

...bud and blossom, And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are coverd warm; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them...pour sleep on their head And sit down by their bed. 34 When wolves and tygers howl for prey They pitying stand and weep; Seeking to drive their thirst...

...and blossom, And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover'd warm; They visit caves of every beast. To keep them...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tygers howl for prey, They pitying stand and weep; Seeking to drive their thirst away,...

...They look in every thoughtless nest Where birds are covered warm, They visit caves of every beast 20 To keep them all from harm. If they see any weeping...pour sleep on their head And sit down by their bed. 25 wolves and tigers - to be seen not just as predatory animals but as the temptations of the world....

...nest, Where birds are covered warm; TTiey visit caves of every beast, To keep them all from harm. to If they see any weeping That should have been sleeping,...pour sleep on their head And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tigers howl for prey They pitying stand and weep, Seeking to drive their thirst away,...

...Wittgenstein: A Memoir (London, 1958) p. 36. 36 They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover'd warm; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. And there the lion's ruddy eyes Shall flow with tears of gold, And pitying the tender cries, And walking...

...and blossom, And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover'd warm; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tigers howl for prey, They pitying stand and weep; Seeking to drive their thirst away,...