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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Lamb, Charles

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Infant Dying As Soon As Born, On An

I saw where in the shroud did lurk A curious frame of Nature's work; A flow'ret crushed in the bud, A nameless piece of Babyhood, Was in her cradle - coffin lying; Extinct, with scarce the sense of dying: So soon to exchange the imprisoning womb

For darker closets of the tomb! She did but open an eye, and put A clear beam forth, then straight up shut For the long dark: ne'er more to see Through glasses of mortality, Riddle of destiny, who can show What thy short visit meant, or know What thy errand here below? Shall we say, that Nature blind ...

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