The Way the Baby Woke

by James Whitcomb Riley English

And this is the way the baby woke:   As when in deepest drops of dew The shine and shadows sink and soak,   The sweet eyes glimmered through and through; And eddyings and dimples broke   About the lips, and no one knew Or could divine the words they spoke,— And this is the way the baby woke.

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