So long this road I have walked;
With so many strangers I have talked.
So many mountains I have climbed;
And yet one desire lingers in my mind.
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Lay down your little weary head,
Be still now, let me tuck you into bed.
Close your eyes and hug your little ted,
Close your eyes now and let me kiss your little head.
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May you find the light,
And see your dreams all come true.
May you love what is right,
And walk in wisdom and candor pure.
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The earth that is scorched with seed inside
Will bloom again in the spring.
The river that is frozen deep under ice
Will one day again forth spring.
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Through dust and ashes
Snow and coldest rains
We have tarried
Yet my love for you remains.
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We have come all this weary way;
I could not have made it alone.
But you were by my side ev'ry day:
I love you more than you than you can know.
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How am I to describe that feeling,
That a child has laughingly reeling?
Like tweeting birds on a lovely summer day?
Or like sleek otters splashing at play.
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I slept and dreamed a dream tonight,
and in my dream I was walking, walking in the sunlight.
I looked an I saw you sitting beside the stream;
you were bright, like gleaming light, like a sunlight beam;
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Darkness seems to endlessly surround,
A night that never ends.
There is light to be found,
When kindness shines again.
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May the Angels watch over you,
let them guard you and keep you.
May they be for you a guiding light,
may they watch over you tonight.
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