English poem
The Sweetest Place
by Mary F. Butts (1836–1902)
A meadow for the little lambs; A honey hive for bees; And pretty nests for singing birds Among the leafy trees. There's rest for all the little ones In one place or another; But who has half so sweet a place As baby with her mother?
The little chickens cuddle close, Beneath the old hen's wing; "Peep! Peep!" they say; "we're not afraid Of dark or any thing." So, safe and sound, they nestle there, The one beside the other; But safer, happier, by far, Is baby with her mother.