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COPIED FROM A PRINT OF THE VIRGIN IN A CATHOLIC VILLAGE IN GERMANY
Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet / Que tarn dulcem somnum videt, / Dormi, Jesu! blandule! / Si non dormis, Mater plorat, / Inter fila cantans orat, / Blande, veni, somnule.
ENGLISH
Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling: / Mother sits beside thee smiling; / Sleep, my darling, tenderly! / If thou sleep not, mother mourneth, / Singing as her wheel she turneth: / Come, soft slumber, balmily!