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You soft, pink, moving thing! / Young limbs that crave / Motion as free as zephyr-lifted wave; / Uneasy with the push of unlearned powers! / Exploring slowly through half-conscious hours; / With what rich new surprise and joy you feel / Your own will move yourself from head to heel! / So, let me swaddle you in bandage tight, / Dress you in wide, confining folds of white, / Cover you warmly, hold you close, and so / A mother's instinct-guided love I'll show!
Mysterious little frame! / Each organ new / And learning swiftly what it has to do!