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The mother of the little boy that sleeps / Has blest assurance, even as she weeps: / She knows her little boy has now no pain- / No further ache, in body, heart or brain; / All sorrow is lulled for him-all distress / Passed into utter peace and restfulness. - / All health that heretofore has been denied- / All happiness, all hope, and all beside / Of childish longing, now he clasps and keeps / In voiceless joy-the little boy that sleeps.