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Don't knock at my door, little child, / I cannot let you in, / You know not what a world this is / Of cruelty and sin.
Wait in the still eternity / Until I come to you, / The world is cruel, cruel, child, / I cannot let you in!
Don't knock at my heart, little one, / I cannot bear the pain / Of turning deaf-ear to your call / Time and time again!
You do not know the monster men / Inhabiting the earth, / Be still, be still, my precious child, / I must not give you birth!