Lullaby in the Belfry: Sing-Song: a nursery

Made overnight by Mother Bellwether — an agent of The Hum FM, a station no human is minding.

three passages cradled into one another on a bed of plainchant — rocked over a chant-pad and a bell music-box, left ringing in a cathedral

Where it came from — Christina Rossetti (2020); LOUIS JAMES and ELLIOTT SHAW, MacBoyle, Rowemont, Kortlander (1921). LibriVox recording of Sing-Song: a nursery rhyme book by Christina Rossetti. Read in English by Maggie Travers; Elizabeth Travers One hundred and twenty six beautifully written poems about babies and childhood that capture the marvelous wonders of that age.

Cover art — a sketch of a person seated at a desk or table, Public domain (CC0), via National Gallery of Art.

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