“Say, what is the spell, when her fledgelings are cheeping,
That lures the bird home to her nest?
Or wakes the tired mother, whose infant is weeping,
To cuddle and croon it to rest?”
Source: Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893), Chapter 19: A Fairy Duet
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