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Dear little seed, queer little seed, / Tucked into bed in the garden, / Why don't you grow? Why, don't you know / Baby is asking your pardon?
Out, little seed! Sprout, little seed!
Baby did wrong without knowing!
Hoping for you, groping for you, / To see if you really were growing.
Break, little seed! Wake, little seed!
Baby will watch and not harm you.
Everything's bright, everything's right, / Nothing is here to alarm you.
Dress, little seed! Yes, little seed, / Fold your green leaflets around you; / There, little seed! Fair little seed, / Baby's so glad he has found you!