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All the world is full of babies, / Sobbing, sighing everywhere, / Looking out with eyes of terror, / Beating at the empty air. / Do they see the strife before them, / That they sob and tremble so? / Oh, the helpless, frightened babies; / Still they come and still they go.
All the world is full of children, / Laughing over little joys; / Sighing over little troubles / Fingers bruised or broken toys / Wishing to be older, larger, / Weeping at some fancied woe. / Oh, the happy, hapless, children, / Still they come and still they go.